Investigation of FATİH Project within the Scope of Teachers, School Administrators and YEGITEK Administrators’ Opinions: A Multiple Case Study

Abstract

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) affected educational environments as well as other areas. Recently, in Turkey, the government has initiated a project, FATİH Project (Movement of Enhancing Opportunities and Improving Technology Project). In this project, some technologies have been installed in K-12 schools all over the country. For the success of the FATİH Projects, not only how teachers perceive those technologies, but also what the school administrators’ and project administrators’ opinions might be important. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the teachers, the school administrators and YEGİTEK (General Manager of Innovation and Educational Technologies) administrators’ opinions about and perceptions of the factors that affect successful usage and integration of those technologies into instruction in the scope of the FATİH Project. For this aim, “the facilitating conditions for effective ICT integration” were used as the theoretical base of the study, and qualitative, multiple-case study methodology was used. Two cases, a primary school and a high school (pilot schools) were selected in order to answer the research questions in all levels of K-12 schools. The data were gathered through in-depth interviews with the teachers and the administrators of the two K-12 schools, and YEĞİTEK administrators. Content analysis method with six steps was used for the analysis of the data. The findings of the study were presented primarily under the headings dissatisfaction with status quo, adequate time, resources, knowledge and skills, rewards and incentives, participation, commitment, and leadership.

Keywords

• Information and Communication Technologies, Technology Integration into Education

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Abstract

Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojileri (BİT) bir çok alanı olduğu gibi eğitim ortamlarını da etkilemektedir. Son yıllarda Türkiye’de devlet tarafından FATİH Projesi (Fırsatları Arttırma ve Teknoloji İyileştirme Hareketi Projesi) başlatılmıştır. Bu proje kapsamında çeşitli teknolojiler ülke genelindeki okullara kuruluyor. FATİH Projesinin başarısında öğretmenlerin bu teknolojileri nasıl karşıladıklarının yanısıra okul yöneticileri ve proje yürütücülerinin görüşleri büyük önem taşıyabilir. Bundan dolayı bu çalışmada öğretmenlerin, okul yöneticilerinin ve YEĞİTEK (Yenilik ve Eğitim Teknolojileri Genel Müdürlüğü) yöneticilerinin FATİH Projesindeki teknolojilerin eğitimde başarılı olarak kullanımını etkileyen faktörler hakkında görüş ve düşüncelerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaç için “BİT’nin etkili entegrasyonunu etkileyen koşullar” çalışmada teorik temel olarak ele alınmış ve nicel çoklu durum çalışması metot olarak kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sorularını cevaplayabilmek için bir ilköğretim okulu ve bir lise çalışmada iki durum olarak seçilmiştir. Veriler bu iki okuldaki öğretmenler ve okul yöneticileri ile YEĞİTEK yöneticilerinden derinlemesine görüşme yöntemiyle toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde altı basamaktan oluşan içerik analizi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada elde edilen bulgular mevcut durumdan memnuniyetsizlik, yeterli zaman, kaynaklar, bilgi ve beceriler, ödül ve teşvik, katılım, yükümlülük, ve liderlik başlıkları altında sunulmuştur

Keywords

• Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojileri, Eğitimde Teknoloji Entegrasyonu, FATİH Projesi

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