Abstract
With the wide use of internet, internet has become the easy and fast way of accessing information and one of the main sources used to access information. Especially with the spread of the use of Web 2.0 technologies, many internet users are now able to add/edit content on internet, shape it in a collaborative way on social environments and easily share it. Therefore, it is believed that there has been changes in the epistemological beliefs of internet users towards internet as a source of information. The purpose of this study is to examine internet-specific epistemological beliefs of pre-service teachers in terms of gender and department they study; and to reveal the impact internet-specific epistemological beliefs on online information searching strategies. The study group includes 203 pre-service teachers. For the collection of the data, personal information form, internet-specific epistemological beliefs and online information searching strategies inventory were used. The results of the study revealed that internet-specific epistemological beliefs did not change based on gender; yet there was a statistically significant difference based on department pre-service teachers study. In addition, it was also found that internet-specific epistemological beliefs did not have a significant impact on information searching strategies. And depending on the findings of the study, what could be done in the process of using internet-based information sources in education and teacher training programs were discussed and suggestions were made.
Highlights
Today, printed information sources are replaced with internet-based information sources and this caused to changes in the information searching behaviors of the individuals
The purpose of this study is to determine internet-specific epistemological beliefs of pre-service teachers; to examine it based on gender and department they study and to reveal its impact on online information searching strategies
In order to reveal the internet utilization of pre-service teachers as a source of information, to find out their internet-specific epistemological beliefs and their online information searching strategies, survey research was used in this study
Summary
Today, printed information sources are replaced with internet-based information sources and this caused to changes in the information searching behaviors of the individuals. There are a lot of media where individuals could make search on internet. Search engines, social networks, wikis, blogs, forums are among the leading ones. With the customization options that search engines and social networks offer to the users, people can Internet-specific epistemological beliefs. Such search alternatives as search on web, videos, news, images, maps makes it easier to search online. As a result of wide use of mobile device and internet that expanded with such features of web, people are able to access online information resources whenever and wherever they need
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