Attitudes of Turkish Teacher Candidates Towards the Use of Technology: The Sample of Necmettin Erbakan University
Abstract
The existence and use of technology in education is increasing day by day. Approaches and attitudes of teachers who are practitioners of education to the use of technology are important. Finally, studies are carried out in the country and abroad on the attitudes of teachers, teacher candidates and students towards technology use. In this study, the attitudes of Turkish teacher candidates studying in the Department of Turkish Language Teaching at Necmettin Erbakan University and their attitudes towards technology use according to some demographic characteristics (gender, grade level, type of high school graduated, parental education level) of Turkish teacher candidates. It is aimed to determine the relationships between The sample of the research, in which the descriptive survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used, consists of 111 teacher candidates who studied at Necmettin Erbakan University, Department of Turkish Language Teaching and took the "Instructional Technologies" course in the spring term of 2020-2021. In order to determine the attitudes of Turkish teacher candidates towards the use of technology, the "Technology Attitude Scale" data collection tool, which was developed by Yavuz (2005) and consists of 19 items, was used. In the given analysis, the Jamovi 1.6.23 package program was preferred. As a result of the data obtained, it was determined that Turkish teacher candidates exhibited a positive attitude towards the use of technology. It has been determined that there is no significant difference between the attitudes of Turkish teacher candidates towards the use of technology according to their gender, the type of high school they graduated from, and the education level of their parents. A significant difference was found between the attitudes of Turkish teacher candidates towards the use of technology according to the second, third and fourth grade levels in favor of the second grade level.
Keywords
Use of technology in education , Turkish teacher candidate , attitude
Kaynakça
- Balbağ, M. Z. ve Yenilmez, K. (2019). Sınıf öğretmen adaylarının dijital teknolojiye yönelik tutumlarının bazı değişkenlere göre incelenmesi. Karaçam, Y. (Ed.), 2. Uluslararası Temel Eğitim Kongresi içinde (s. 690-697). Muğla: Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Temel Eğitim Bölümü.
- Bayram, M., Şam, C. T. ve Aka S. T. (2019). Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu öğrencilerinin eğitimde teknoloji kullanımına ilişkin tutum ve düşüncelerinin incelenmesi Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi örneği. Atatürk Üniversitesi Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Bilimleri Dergisi, 21(3), 45–55.
- Beyazgül, G. (2019). Öğretmen adaylarının ve öğreti̇m elemanlarını eği̇ti̇mde teknoloji̇ kullanımı ve e-öğrenmeye yöneli̇k hazırbulunuşluklarını incelenmesi̇ (Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi). Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü, İzmir.
- Bhati, A., Lundberg, A., Toe, T. T., ve Carter, M. (2013). Wireless learning technology in higher education – A Case study in Singapore. GSTF Journal on Computing (JoC), 3(3). doi: 10.7603/s40601-013-0033-x.
- Büyüköztürk, Ş. K., Çakmak, E., Akgün, Ö. E., Karadeniz, Ş. ve Demirel, F. (2015). Bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri. Ankara: Pegem Yayıncılık.
- Çelik, H. C. ve Kahyaoğlu, M. (2007). İlköğretim öğretmen adaylarının teknolojiye yönelik tutumlarının kümeleme analizi. Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, 5(4), 571–86.
- Dursun, M. (2017). Üniversite öğrencilerinin eğitimde teknoloji kullanımına ilişkin tutumlarının spor ve farklı değişkenler açısından incelenmesi (Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi). Atatürk Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi, Erzurum.
- Elkıran, Y. M. (2021). Türkçe öğretmeni adaylarının akademik okuryazarlık düzeyleri ile teknoloji yeterliği öz-değerlendirmeleri arasındaki ilişki. Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 19(3), 325–43. doi: 10.18026/cbayarsos.975296.
- Heafner, T. (2004). Using technology to motivate students to learn social studies. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher, 4(1), 42–53.
- Khine, M. S. (2001). Attitudes toward computers among teacher education students in Brunei Darussalam. International Journal of Instructional Media, 28(2), 147.
