Teachers' Attitudes toward the Usage of Mobile Devices in EFL Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Dogan, Ali; Akbarov, Azamat
Titel	Teachers' Attitudes toward the Usage of Mobile Devices in EFL Classroom
Quelle	In: European Journal of Educational Research, 5 (2016) 1, S.11-17 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2165-8714
Schlagwörter	English Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Handheld Devices; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Teacher Surveys; Barriers; Technology Uses in Education; Private Schools; Public Schools; Universities; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis; Electronic Learning; Correlation; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Private school; Privatschule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; University; Universität; Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Korrelation; Türkei
Abstract	Nowadays, technology is developing in a geometrically progressive manner. Its usage in different social areas is an imperative, rather than a choice. As expected, digital devices are applicable in the educational context, as well. Hence, the scope of the present study is to examine attitudes toward mobile learning among English teachers. For this purpose, we conducted a survey with 159 teachers from both state and private schools as well as universities in Turkey. In general, our results showed that teachers have positive attitudes toward the usage of mobile devices in the ESL learning context. However, there is an almost equal number of teachers who use and who do not use mobile devices and other digital contents in their classrooms. In addition, and according to teachers, there were two main obstacles to using mobile devices in teaching processes--lack of training and students' attitudes. On the other hand, the lowest ranked obstacles were school administrations and pedagogical justification. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01