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Preparing pre-service teachers to integrate teaching technologies into their classrooms: Examining the effects of teaching environments based on open-ended, hands-on and authentic tasks

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Pre-service training is the most important stage when teachers learn about integrating technology into their teaching. Pre-service teachers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of technologies can be used to predict their intention of including technology in their classrooms in the future. Having the necessary technical equipment available is considered important by these teachers to deal with current educational problems, and find solutions. Therefore, pre-service teachers’ educational activities were studied in this study and the use of new technologies in education was discussed. The contribution of different methods regarding the use of digital technologies for instructional purposes by pre-service teachers in different departments was investigated. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the different methods have an effect on the teachers’ technology integration self-efficacy (TISE), motivation, satisfaction and attitude towards the use of technology. The opinions of the pre-service teachers about the technologies used in the lessons were also analyzed. This study employed a mixed-method methodology. The sample in this study comprised 96 pre-service teachers at a university in Turkey who were divided into groups. The study involved a personal information form, semi-structured interview form, and four different scales. An ANCOVA analysis and descriptive statistics were used with the quantitative data, and content analysis was used in the analysis of the qualitative data. The results of this research show that a significant difference exists between the technology integration exercises performed using different methods, the students’ level of contribution to TISE and their motivation and technology use attitudes (TUA). The motivation and satisfaction levels were higher in the groups where authentic task-based instruction was used. It has been observed that closed-ended practical tasks support students’ self-efficacy to integrate technology. On the other hand, open-ended task-based activities were found to support an increase in attitudes towards technology use more than in the other groups. The group where closed-ended applications for technology integration self-efficacy, motivation, satisfaction and use of technology were performed differed in terms of gender, department and grade.

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Yildiz Durak, H. Preparing pre-service teachers to integrate teaching technologies into their classrooms: Examining the effects of teaching environments based on open-ended, hands-on and authentic tasks. Educ Inf Technol 26, 5365–5387 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10511-5

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