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An analysis of student perceptions and teacher intentions of blended learning in Computer and Instructional Technology Teacher Education Program
(2011) Azgur, Mehmet Serhat
One of the key concerns of teacher education is to facilitate the development of the teaching talents of pre-service teachers with scaling technologies and pedagogy of the 21st Century. Teacher educators also need to enhance pre-service teachers’ curriculum by modeling good teaching methods. This study explored another side of blended learning methods and tried to uncover students’ perceptions of what their instructors are practicing. Social relations that are created by blended learning methods are also explored. Instructors of Computer and Instructional Technology Teacher Education Department (CTE) and their respective students were participants in the study to investigate the departmental use of blended learning methods. Total of 44 students and 12 teachers participated in the study. Only students of preparatory school and freshmen are not included because of their lack of sufficient number of courses where blended v learning methods are used. Data collection tools in the research included interviews and questionnaires aimed to assess students’ perception of blended learning methods together with the interviews and questionnaires of the instructors of the CTE Department in order to understand what blended learning methods were practiced. The data collected from both interviews and questionnaires were analyzed using qualitative and quantitative techniques. The findings revealed that although 4th and 5th year students are aware of the different applications of blended learning and the intentions of teachers who used this approach, we cannot generalize and say the same for all CTE students. Yet another finding is that participants thought that Learning Management Systems (LMS) improve the student-to-student and teacher-to-student relations in instructional settings. Additionally, the majority of the students think that computer literacy affects the success of blended learning applications unlike the beliefs of instructors.
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Edebiyat öğretiminde teknoloji kullanımı, karşılaşılan sorunlar ve çözüm önerileri : bir durum çalışması
(2013) Çifci, Ceyhun
The purpose of this study is to explore use of technology in Turkish literature, identify problems and suggest possible solutions. To this end, the researcher administered two different questionnaires for students and teachers, conducted interviews, observed some lessons and analyzed some documents. The findings revealed that Turkish literature teachers experienced major problems in the use of technology. There were noteworthy differences between student and teacher views related to use of technology. Also, some suggestions about problems that occur in the process of technology usage were given in this study.
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An investigation of the critical thinking dispositions of pre-service teachers at a private non-profit university
(2013) Çevik, Sinem
The main aim of this study was to investigate the critical thinking dispositions of preservice teachers. This study further researched critical thinking dispositions by examining factors such as the teachers’ age, their year in the graduate program, subject areas, their academic achievement (CGPA), the type of high school from which they graduated and finally the education level of their parents. The sample for this study consisted of 23 first-year and 21 second-year pre-service teachers who were pursuing a Master’s Degree in Curriculum & Instruction from the Graduate School of Education at a private non-profit university in Ankara, Turkey. The preservice teachers were preparing to teach in the fields of biology, mathematics, Turkish and English language and literature. As data collection tool, the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory-Turkish (CCTDI-T) was used. A one way analysis of variance (ANOVA), independent samples t-test and Pearson correlation were used to analyze the data. According to findings of this research, it was found that the level of critical thinking dispositions of pre-service teachers is middle. This study found a significant difference in critical thinking dispositions among the preservice teachers when compared for subject areas and their mother education level. Besides that, no significant difference found for the other factors listed above. Furthermore, it was found that there was no correlation between academic achievement (CGPA) and critical thinking dispositions of pre-service teachers. In conclusion, some suggestions are given for further research in this study.