The Views of Science Pre-service Teachers about the Usage of Basic Information Technologies (BIT) in Education and Instruction

Abstract

In this study aiming to present a description based on science pre-service teachers’ views related to use of Basic Information Technologies (BIT) in education and training, an interview is carried out with 21 pre-service science teachers who study in different classes in Faculty of Education, Niğde University. For this aim, improved interview form is used with literature review, the experts of researchers and the views of other experts related to the area. The data acquired with interview form including four sub-dimensions in the way “Computer Aided Education (CAE)”, “Hypermedia Use”, “Distance Education (DE)” and “Database Management”, are solved with content analysis method. As a result of research, it is determined that pre-service teachers generally have fund of knowledge also in body of literature in terms of educational and training dimension. The other works performed practically that will present use cases of BIT of pre-service science teachers in the process of education and training in the way to support this work indicating the current situation, are suggested.