Opinions of Prospective Teachers about Physics-Technology and Physics Teaching

In this age, the need for technology literate workforce has increased. The responsibility of teachers has increased in the education systems that will train this workforce. In order for individuals to be trained in accordance with the skills required for the 21st century, it is important to train prospective teachers for these skills. Physics course has an important place in science and accordingly technology. In this study, it was aimed to increase the awareness of prospective teacher candidates on this subject and to develop the skills of researching technology, understanding, and transferring them in accordance with the classroom environment. The study was carried out with a total of 21 students according to qualitative research methods in 2016-2017-2018 fall semesters. They were asked to research the two technologies they wanted, to identify the physics topics within the scope of these technologies, and to transfer this to the classroom environment. Findings were obtained from the data collected through observation, document review and semi-structured interview techniques. At the end of the study, it was determined that prospective teachers increased their awareness about the importance of technology and physics in technology in physics teaching. In addition, it was concluded that prospective teachers wanted to research new technologies and adopt the behaviour of discussing technology in their lessons. It is suggested that these results should be extended to other prospective teachers in order to train individuals not only using technology but also producing it.