The Validity and Reliability Studies of the Internet Use of Pre-Service English Teachers Survey: A Turkish Context

Yıl 2009, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 2, 233 - 244, 05.11.2011

Gülşah Külekçi

Öz

As the availability of computers and the Internet in schools and classrooms has grown, so has interest in the extent to which these technologies are being used and for what purposes. Recently there has been many studies on teachers’ use of education technology in their classrooms and schools, the availability of this technology in their classrooms and schools, their training and preparation for their use and the barriers to technology use they encounter. Using the Internet effectively and the success of the Internet utilization is very much related to the users’ attitudes toward the Internet. This study aims at investigating the reliability and the validity of the Internet Use of Pre-service English Teachers Survey modified from the Master Thesis of Sudsuang Yutdhana. The survey contains two subscales as Internet Attitude Scale and Self-perception of Computing Skills. The survey was administered to randomly selected third and fourth year 96 pre – service English Teachers at Dokuz Eylül University Buca, Faculty of Education, Department of English Language Teaching. The results indicated that Internet Use of Pre-service English Teachers Survey (IUPETS) is reliable and valid.

Anahtar Kelimeler

İnternet kullanımı, İngilizce öğretmen adayları, geçerlik, güvenirlik

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