ERIC Number: EJ1125666
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 18
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Comparing the Internet Usage of Pre-Service Language Teachers with Teachers of Other Subjects: Distance Learning vs. On-Campus Learning
Firat, Mehmet; Serpil, Harun
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v19 n1 p55-72 Jan-Jun 2017
Teachers play a crucial role in helping individuals gain adequate Internet competency, which requires teachers themselves to be Internet-literate. The purpose of this study is to investigate the Internet use of the distance and on-campus pre-service teachers of language and other disciplines by multiple parameters. A total of 789 teacher candidates participated in this survey. The findings show that the candidate teachers in on-campus and distance-learning programs have an average level of Internet usage adequacy and that the younger candidate teachers and those in higher classes use the Internet more frequently. Pre-service foreign language teachers have been found to have a moderate level of Internet usage frequency, adequacy and technology ownership in comparison with the other preservice teacher groups.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Role, Distance Education, Internet, Student Attitudes, Technological Literacy, Conventional Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Student Surveys, Statistical Analysis, Scores
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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