Tafli, T. (2021). A comparative study on TPACK self-efficacy of prospective biology teachers from the faculties of education & science. International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 13(3), 2957-2980.

Abstract:

“Due to the different applications in the execution of the teaching profession in Turkey, the aim of this research is to compare the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) self-efficacy levels of the biology teacher candidates who graduated from the faculty of education and who completed the Pedagogical Formation Certificate Program (PFCP) as a graduate of the faculty of sciences. The research was carried out in a screening model, which is one of the quantitative research techniques. The participants of this research consist of a total of 342 volunteer teacher candidates, 138 from the faculty of education and 204 from the faculty of sciences. The data were collected from TPACK self-efficacy scale. In the analysis of the data, independent sample T-test and one way ANOVA were applied by using SPSS program. The data were analyzed separately in the five academic years. As a result of the research, it was found that the TPACK self-efficacy scores of the biology teacher candidates who graduated from the faculty of education was higher than the faculty of sciences. In addition, when compared to same groups over the five academic years, it was also found that there was a significant difference between them.  All results showed that there was a significant difference in favor of the education faculty teacher candidates on TPACK self-efficacy.”