Computer Self-efficiency of Pre-service IT Teachers

Abstract

Within FATIH Project, it’s aimed to use information technology more effectively in learning environments and targeted to make technological infrastructure improvements in schools. For this process information technology teachers play a key role. Thus, Information Technologies (IT) pre-service teachers’ computer self-efficiency perceptions were examined. In the study, a survey model was used and the sample included 200 Computer Education and Instructional Technologies (CEIT) students in two different universities. Relationships between the perceptions of computer self-efficacy of CEIT students and variables such as gender, graduated high school type, place of department preference, grade level and university type were examined by using computer self-efficacy scale that was developed by Orhan ve Akkoyunlu (2003). As a result, it’s indicated that; Male pre-service teachers have higher computer self-efficacy perceptions than female pre-service teachers, Pre-service teachers that were graduated from vocational high school have higher computer self-efficacy perceptions than pre-service teachers that were graduated from general high school, Junior and senior pre-service teachers have higher computer self-efficacy than freshmen. Finally, the research indicated that place of department preference have no effect on the computer self-efficacy perceptions, also there isn’t a significant difference in computer self-efficacy perceptions among pre-service teachers from different universities.