- Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education
- Cilt: 24 Sayı: 4
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS’ PERCEIVED IMPORTANCE OF ONLINE TEACHING COMPETENCIES ...
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS’ PERCEIVED IMPORTANCE OF ONLINE TEACHING COMPETENCIES AND THEIR SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS
Authors : Elif Ozturk, Zeynep Turgut
Pages : 21-39
Doi:10.17718/tojde.1197771
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Publication Date : 2023-10-01
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Online teaching caught in-service teachers off-guard with emergency distance education and sparked interest to teacher education programs. Purpose of this study is to explore self-efficacy beliefs of prospective teachers in teaching online (SETO) and to determine the relationship between pre-service teachers’ importance of online teaching competencies (IOTC) perceptions and their SETO beliefs. 101 pre-service teachers were asked to fill faculty readiness to teach online scale and the responses were analyzed through ANOVA and Pearson Correlation. The results showed a significant difference between pre-service teachers’ majors, exposure to ICT-related experiences, and their SETO beliefs. In addition, there is a significant relationship between pre-service teachers’ IOCT perceptions and SETO beliefs. Understanding the existing SETO beliefs of pre-service teachers is critical because it provides evidence to reassess how pre-service teachers are supported to build their online teaching competencies. The results are expected to make a significant contribution to research on establishing online teaching competencies in Turkiye and assisting teachers in understanding the value of those competencies; as a result, potential implementers may have stronger online teaching self-efficacy in their distance classrooms. The study suggests incorporating technology-based resources into teacher education courses within a digital pedagogy competencies framework to increase preservice teachers’ self-efficacy.Keywords : Pre-service teachers, online teaching competencies, online teaching self-efficacy