Volume 30, Issue 1, 2021
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.2072
EXAMINATION OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS E-LEARNING OF TURKISH TEACHER CANDIDATES
Abstract
This study was conducted with survey method and aims to determine the attitudes of prospective Turkish language teachers who studied at Kafkas University in the 2019-2020 academic year towards e-learning with respect to the variables of gender, having a personal computer, regarding oneself proficient in computer skills, and having a stable Internet connection. The sample of the study consists of 114 prospective Turkish language teachers and was determined using the simple random sampling method. The “General Attitude Scale Towards E-Learning” developed by Haznedar & Baran (2012) was used as the data collection tool. The Likert-type scale includes 20 items and 2 sub-dimensions [e-learning disposition (items 1 to 10) and avoiding e-learning (items 11 to 20)]. The Cronbach's Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale found by the developers is .93. The reliability coefficient of the scale was found to be .80 in this research, which means the scale is reliable. The SPSS Statistics software package was used for the analysis of the data. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the attitudes of prospective Turkish language teachers towards e-learning did not vary by the variables of having a personal computer and regarding oneself proficient in computer skills. Also, this study showed that female students and students who stated that they do not have a stable Internet connection had a significantly negative attitude in the context of the “avoiding e-learning” sub-dimension.
Keywords
Turkish teacher candidates, e-learning, survey method, Turkish education, Kafkas University