Attitudes of Turkish EFL Student Teachers towards Technology Use

Autor/in	Baz, Esra Harmandaoglu
Titel	Attitudes of Turkish EFL Student Teachers towards Technology Use
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 15 (2016) 2, S.1-10 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1303-6521
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Student Teachers; Student Teacher Attitudes; Technology Uses in Education; English (Second Language); Language Teachers; Second Language Instruction; State Universities; Mixed Methods Research; Positive Attitudes; Rating Scales; Focus Groups; Semi Structured Interviews; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Staatliche Universität; Rating-Skala; Türkei
Abstract	The hot debate of integrating technology into instruction has captured the interest of the world in the context of 21st century education. A considerable amount of effort has been presented in order to incorporate technology into education. In this respect, attitudes have been considered as a good indicator of the tendency to implement technology into instruction. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the attitudes of Turkish English as a foreign language (EFL) student teachers at a major state university in Turkey towards technology use in language learning and teaching. Using a mixed methods approach, 98 student teachers participated in the study. The attitude towards technology scale developed by Yavuz (2005) and focus group interview were used to collect data from the participants. The findings indicate that the student teachers have highly positive attitudes towards the use of technology in language learning and teaching. Some pedagogical implications and suggestions for student teachers, teacher trainers and schools were provided for future development. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Sakarya University. Esentepe Campus, Adapazari 54000, Turkey. Tel: +90-505-2431868; Fax: +90-264-6141034; e-mail: tojet@sakarya.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.tojet.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01