Moving the WebQuest process from ststic to dynamic : preservice teachers' experience with the dynamic WebQuest environment

Download
2007
Köse, Filiz
WebQuest is one of the popular technology integration strategies in school environment. This study is conducted to overcome existing problems for both teachers and students in higher education by bringing dynamism to existing approach. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to design, develop, implement the new approach of the WebQuest, and assess the experiences of the participants that they encounter in the dynamic WebQuest environment. The participants of this study were the students of two undergraduate courses offered by the Secondary Science and Math Education Department (SSME) and Computer Education and Instructional Technology Department (CEIT) of a private university. Seventy undergraduate students participated in this study. This study employed both qualitative and quantitative measures in order to develop explanatory thoughts about the WebQuest site, projects and perceptions towards the process and the project. The findings of this study showed that participants favored the WebQuest site and the project, which is dynamically created. Furthermore, they offered valuable suggestions to improve the effectiveness of the system.

Suggestions

A Study on Novice Classroom Teachers' Problems with Regular and Alternative Certificates
Taneri, Pervin Oya; Ok, Ahmet; Department of Educational Sciences (2004)
The purpose of the study was to explore the problems of first three-year classroom teachers who graduated from regular teacher education programs and alternative certificate programs. The study also aims at examining the problems in relation to the type of certification, gender, cities they work in, institutions they graduated from, age, graduation year, recruitment year, teaching practice, number of teachers in the schools, class size, and type of classroom they teach. The subjects of this study were eleme...
The Investigastion of teachers with respect to knowledge level on environmental concepts
Aydemir, Murat; Yılmaz Tüzün, Özgül; Department of Elementary Science and Mathematics Education (2007)
The aim of this study is to investigate the environmental knowledge level of teachers, who teach the elementary science and technology course, and to explore possible relationships between environmental knowledge level and their demographic attributes. In this study, data was obtained by the instrument developed by the researcher to 183 teachers from 91 selected elementary schools throughout Çankaya and Yenimahalle districts of Ankara in spring 2005-2006 semester. The results of the study indicated that par...
Teachers' computer use and expactations and insights of teachers toward "bilgiye erişim portalı"
Hatipoğlu, Gökçen; Kiraz, Ercan; Department of Educational Sciences (2006)
This purpose of this study is to find out the teachers’ perceived computer competencies and their expectations toward “Bilgiye Erişim Portalı” prepared by Ministry of National Education. Study focused on 30 teachers and 5 administrators from six different schools in Ankara in 2005-2006 fall semester. A none-experimental descriptive survey research design was employed by administrating a 5-point Likert type Computer Competency Scale and an open-ended interview schedule. The statistical analysis of the data o...
Putting technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge (TPACK) in action: An integrated TPACK-design-based learning (DBL) approach
Baran, Evrim; Uygun, Erdem (2016-01-01)
Design-based learning (DBL) has been considered a useful approach in teacher education because of its emphasis on the investigation of technology integration problems in design processes. Despite recent interest in understanding how technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge (TPACK) translates to action, limited research exists on how TPACK is developed within DBL contexts and what principles of DBL can be applied to TPACK development. To address these critical gaps in the literature, an approach was...
Pre-service science and mathematics teachers' computer related self-efficacy, attitudes, and the relationship among these variables
Pamuk, Savaş; Peker, Deniz; Department of Educational Sciences (2007)
The purpose of this study was (1) to explore pre-service science and mathematics teachers’ levels of computer self-efficacy and attitude towards computers, (2) to investigate the effects of gender, grade level, major of study, and computer ownership of pre-service science and mathematics teachers on computer self-efficacy and attitudes towards computers, and (3) to examine the relationship between computer self-efficacy and attitudes towards. For this study 650 students from two departments, which were Elem...
Citation Formats
F. Köse, “ Moving the WebQuest process from ststic to dynamic : preservice teachers’ experience with the dynamic WebQuest environment,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2007.