Content Analysis of Articles on the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Secondary School Science Teachers in Türkiye

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to examine the trends of the studies on technological pedagogical content competencies and technology integration of science teachers in Türkiye in the last 10 years in terms of purpose, year of publication, journal of publication, method, sample selection, data collection tools, data analysis and remarkable results of the studies. In this direction, content analysis method was used in the research. A total of twenty-one academic articles accessed from Web of Science, EBSCOHOST and Google Scholar databases including Türkiye index were analyzed in August 2023. The data were analyzed by content analysis. The analyzed data were presented in the form of tables and graphs with the help of percentages and frequencies. As a result of the research, it was determined that the most common purpose of the studies was "determining TPACK levels and examining them in terms of various variables", the most publications were in 2016 and 2019, the related studies were mostly published in "Education and Science", "Education and Information Technologies" and "Gazi University Journal of Gazi Educational Faculty" journals, the most frequently used method was quantitative, the most frequently used sample group was convenient sampling / easily accessible sampling, the most frequently used data collection tool was scale and the most frequently used data analysis was Anavo-Ancova. Among the remarkable results of the studies, it was determined that "Teachers' TPACK levels are high". It is recommended that more in-depth and detailed qualitative research be conducted on TPACK for science teachers.