ERIC Number: EJ1141387
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-May
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-2324-805X
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Investigation of Teacher Candidates' Opinions about Instructional Technologies and Material Usage
Orhan-Karsak, Hanife Gülhan
Journal of Education and Training Studies, v5 n5 p204-216 May 2017
The purpose of this study is to determine the awareness of teacher candidates about instructional technologies and materials and the ways of giving place in instruction by integrating them with different activities, to reveal opinions about their usage. Seventeen female and eight male, in total twenty five participants are sampling. The ages of the participants within the group heterogeneous between twenty two and thirty five. According to the purpose, the opinions of the teachers candidates who have been taken "Instructional Technology and Material Design" lesson in the "Pedagogical Formation Training Certificate Program" which is a pre-service teacher training program and have been practiced learning outputs of this lesson in other practical instruction lessons and in their lectures in the teaching internship school, were taken by writing. In this context the study is designed as a qualitative research. The findings are presented in thematically coded and supported by mind maps as visuals. It has been seen that teacher candidates are focused on different instructional technologies and materials that they learned in the "Instructional Technology and Material Design" lesson. In addition different experiences of teacher candidates about the usage of instructional technologies and materials have been identified.
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Instructional Materials, Educational Technology, Use Studies, Technology Integration, Preservice Teachers, Material Development, Phenomenology, Participant Characteristics, Preferences, Change Strategies, Foreign Countries
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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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