EXAMINING TECHNOPEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE COMPETENCIES OF PRESERVICE TEACHERS BASED ON ICT USAGE

The purpose of this study is to determine preservice teachersʹ technopedagogical knowledge competencies and to examine differences between those competencies and the usage level of information and communication technologies (ICT). The participants of the study consist of 3105 preservice teachers from seven higher education institutions in Turkey during the 2009-2010 education year. Research data were collected two separate instruments. These are ʹTechnopedagogical Education Competency Scaleʹ and ʹICT Usage Surveyʹ. The study results reveal that preservice teachers in the study had high level technopedagogical knowledge competency. Furthermore, a significant difference between preservice teachersʹ technopedagogical knowledge competencies and general ICT usage level was found. Also, it was determine that there is a significant difference between preservice teachersʹ technopedagogical knowledge competencies and the usage level of each ICT category (the processing technologies, communication technologies, internet technologies and educational. As a result, some recommendations concerning the application and future research were suggested.