Training of future teachers about educational technologies of vocational training

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the education of future teachers about the educational technologies of vocational education, and it was designed according to this purpose. In this context, it was aimed to conduct a study with the teachers of the future. The research was created and implemented in the 2021–2022 spring academic year. A total of 172 pre-service teachers voluntarily participated in the research. In the research, vocational education technologies were given with the help of online technology in the form of a 2-week online training to the group participating in the study. In order to collect data in the study, the ‘Vocational Education and Technology’ data collection tool, which was developed by the researchers and whose validity and reliability were obtained, was used. The data collection tool used in the research was delivered to the people participating in the research with the Google survey method and collected. The analysis of the data was made by using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences programme, frequency analysis and t-test; the results are added to the research in the presence of tables. As a result of the research, it is seen that the teachers of the future will prefer technology for vocational education and use it in their professional life to achieve positive results.
 
 Keywords: Teachers of the future, vocational education, online and distance education, technology;

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