Open AccessAttitudes and opinions of special education candidate teachers regarding digital technology
Author(s) -
Fezile Özdamlı
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
world journal on educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1309-0348
pISSN - 1309-1506
DOI - 10.18844/wjet.v9i4.2581
Subject(s) - mathematics education , qualitative property , scale (ratio) , data collection , psychology , qualitative research , process (computing) , quantitative research , special education , information and communications technology , engineering , pedagogy , multimedia , computer science , sociology , social science , geography , world wide web , machine learning , operating system , cartography
Parallel to the rapid development of information and communication technology, the demand for its use in schools and classroom is increasing. So, the purpose of this study is to determine the attitudes and views of students who will be special education teachers in the future regarding digital technology on the use in education. A mixed method, qualitative and quantitative, was used to collect data. Attitude Scale for Digital Technology was used as a quantitative data collection tool and a semi-structured interview form was used to collect qualitative data. A total of 275 students studying at Special Education teaching department of Near East University participated in this study. The findings indicated that the candidate teachers had a positive attitude towards the use of technologies. The findings obtained from the qualitative dimensions of the study showed that the candidate teachers had positive views about the use of technology by the special education students in their learning process.
Keywords: Special education, teacher candidates, digital technology, attitudes.