Investigation of the correlation between science teachers’ level of use of the education information network and their level of use of technology
Abstract
The Education Information Network (EBA), which is offered as a social education platform in Turkish education system, is a system that allows teachers and students to benefit from educational technologies free of charge. This research was carried out to determine the correlation between the level of use of the EBA and the level of use of educational technologies of science teachers working in secondary education. In the study, the correlation research model, which is a quantitative research method, was used. The study group of the research consist of 80 Science Teachers working in all public secondary schools in the district of Çorlu in the province of Tekirdağ in the spring term of the 2018-2019 Academic year. As the data collection tool, Alabay's "Opinions on EBA Usage Level" and Bayraktar's "Educational Technologies Usage Level Determination Questionnaire" were used to determine the demographic characteristics of the participants. The data was analyzed by using SPSS 23 statistical analysis software package. The results of the study were obtained by applying the normality test, nonparametric analyses (Mann Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis H test) and the Correlation analysis on the obtained data. When the correlation between the opinions of teachers concerning the level of use of the EBA and the level of use of the educational technologies were examined, a positive and significant correlation was found between them.
Keywords
Education Information Network, Science Teachers, correlation research model
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