Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the views of preservice teachers about use of slowmation in biology teaching. In the study, descriptive model was used. The participants were 12 third-grade preservice teachers in the department of Biology Education at Ziya Gökalp Education Faculty of Dicle University in the Spring Term of the academic year of 2016-2017. The research data were collected via observations and semi-structured interviews. In the research process slowmation activities were carried out with preservice biology teachers and at the end of these activities the preservice teachers’ views about the activities were determined. The data collected in the study were analyzed using the content analysis method. As revealed by the analysis of the data, the preservice teachers thought that the slowmation activities contributed to the development of some 21st century skills such as creativity, communication and cooperation skills, information literacy, research skills, technology and media literacy skills. In addition, the preservice teachers reported that the process of creating slowmation was interesting and that they entertained in the process. On the other hand, the preservice teachers also stated that it was difficult to create scenarios and that they experienced problems with the materials used. Moreover, it was seen that the preservice teachers faced problems with the video editing software and that they experienced disputes regarding the distribution of duties during group works. The preservice teachers also put forward suggestions regarding the use of slowmation activities in biology teaching saying that teachers and students could work together in the application process; that activities could be carried out to summarize the subject and to increase permanency; and that different tools and software programs could be used.
Highlights
The rapid changes experienced in 21st century Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have brought about changes in the society as well as in educational institutions that direct these societies
The present study aimed to examine views of preservice teachers about the use of slowmation activities in biology teaching
At the end of the application process, it was found that the slowmation subjects determined by the preservice teachers were the passage of substances through the cell membrane, digestive system, protein synthesis, phagocytosis, enzyme inhibitors and fertilization in flowered plants
Summary
The rapid changes experienced in 21st century Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have brought about changes in the society as well as in educational institutions that direct these societies. Individuals are supposed to have higher order skills besides other basic skills to adapt themselves to these changes, to select, analyze and evaluate the information among piles of rapidly-produced information, to use the information in their daily lives and to transform the information into product All these skills that individuals should have in an information society are called 21st century skills (Anagün, Atalay, Kiliç, & Yaşar, 2016). 21st century skills cover reaching and using the information, ies.ccsenet.org In this phase, the first step of the process of creating slowmation, the preservice teachers searched the Internet, books and other related information sources and tried to get information about the subjects that they would create slowmation about. The process of creating animations took 6-8 hours on average
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