Assoc. Prof. Zuhal OKAN, Dr. Meral ŞEKER

Explicating The Situated Nature Of Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Technology assisted Language Teaching

ISSN: 1304-8880
Yayın Aralığı: 2
Başlangıç: 2013
Yayıncı: Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

Öz The use of computer based technologies has been dominating the shape of the latest reforms in the field of education as well as other fields To comply with the changes in this transformation teachers need to develop and or adopt new teaching approaches methodologies and strategies One of the factors influencing the success of implementing technology assisted teaching is teachers 8223; attitudes In this respect this study aims to determine the stages that English Language teachers experience in such transformation and the factors influencing their attitudes towards technology assisted teaching during this process The data for the study were collected from 36 teachers at School of Foreign Languages at Cukurova University via “Attitudes Towards Computer Technology” Questionnaire adapted from Albirini 2006 and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS The results indicate significant correlations between teachers 8223; attitudes and their computer perceptions The overall findings implicate that an implementation of a technology assisted teaching requires taking into account the factors specific to the application situation Key Words: Teacher Attitudes Situated Learning Blended Language Teaching Technology assisted Teaching