Examining Classroom Teachers’ Views about Their Competencies Concerning the Integration of Technology

The present study aimed to reveal what classroom teachers think about their competencies about the integration of technology. This study is important to lead other researchers to investigate similar studies. The study is a qualitative and phenomenology study. Participants are 6 classroom teachers who were chosen by criterion sampling method. The research data were collected by an open-ended questionnaire and interwievs were recorded. Descriptive analysis technique which is a qualitative research method was used to analyze the data. The results indicated that the in-service classroom teachers require participating in such courses on technology and pedagogy for their professional development and teachers’ experiences with technology integration and their education status significantly affect their views about their own competencies. As a result of this research, suggestions were develope

Pre-service Elementary Math Teachers’ Opinions About Mathematics Teaching Competencies

The purpose of this study is to determine pre-service elemantary math teachers’ opinions about mathematics teaching competence. To collect research data, ‘Matematics teaching competencies’ instrument was used. The sample of the study consisted of 300 preservice elemantary mathematics teachers, whom were their last year to graduate, from 3 different university in Turkey. Research was a descriptive study which was a survey model. Descriptive statistic methods was used to analyze the research data. Research results indicated that Pre-service mathematics teachers found themselves sufficient in terms of problem solving, communication, associating and reasoning competencies. As a result of this study suggestions were developed towards improving teacher candidates’ mathematics teaching competenc