Tarman, Bülent Selçuk Üniveristesi - Ahmet Keleş Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey , Baytak, Ahmet Harran Üniversitesi, Turkey

The New Role of Technology in Education: Social Studies Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions

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The purpose of this paper is to explore how the social studies teacher candidates‟ describe computer supported education and their perception about technology integration in their field of study which is classroom teaching in this case. Within its scope, this study examined whether the teacher candidates view technology as tool or instructional strategy in education. The study was conducted among the first year students in college of education Social Studies Education program in Erciyes University of Turkey. The study is based on both quantitative and qualitative data. For the quantitative data Likert-scale was used and for the qualitative data pattern-matching was employed. The primary findings showed that students defined technology supported education in different views and their experiences in technology based classrooms seems affected their perception about technology integration in their future classrooms. In addition, based on the explanation of the candidates, technology was viewed both as tool and instructional strategy.

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Social studies education , educational technology , teacher candidates , technology integration , teacher education

Gaziantep University Journal Of Social Sciences

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