Attitudes of IT teacher candidates towards computer programming and their self-efficacy and opinions regarding to block-
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Attitudes of IT teacher candidates towards computer programming and their self-efficacy and opinions regarding to block-based programming Emre Çoban 1 & Özgen Korkmaz 2 & Recep Çakır 3 & Feray Uğur Erdoğmuş 3 Received: 14 December 2019 / Accepted: 13 March 2020/ # Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes of pre-service teachers towards programming, the perceptions of self-efficacy about block-based programming and the opinions of pre-service teachers on the use of educational robots. This research is a quantitative and qualitative research conducted using a mixed research design. The study group of the research consisted of 140 undergraduate students from the universities in Turkey, studying in the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies. The data were collected through the Attitude Scale of Computer Programming Learning, the Self-Efficacy Perception Scale Related to Block-Based Programming and the interview form developed by the researchers. The quantitative data were analyzed by arithmetic mean, standard deviation, pearson r correlation, regression, t-test and ANOVA analysis, and the qualitative data were analyzed by content analysis method and the following results were obtained: the attitudes of pre-service teachers and their perceptions of self-efficacy are above average and interrelated. The preservice teachers’ perceptions of self-efficacy vary according to grade level. However, their attitudes do not differ according to class level. However, the perceptions of selfefficacy and the attitudes have been found to differ according to the university where they study gender and education. In addition, pre-service teachers’ opinions about educational robots are that educational robots contribute to problem solving and programming skills. Keywords Programming learning . Educational robot . Perception of self-efficacy . Block-
based programming . IT teachers
* Özgen Korkmaz [email protected] Extended author information available on the last page of the article
Education and Information Technologies
1 Introduction Teachers, who have one of the biggest role in the teaching processes, play an important role in the success and effectiveness of the process (Oktay 2013). The information obtained from the undergraduate courses for the teaching profession greatly affects the role of prospective teachers in the teaching processes. Tasks such as arranging teaching environments, determining teaching techniques and methods or preparing teaching materials to be used in the course are among the duties of teachers (Işık et al. 2010; Chavkin and Williams 1988). With the rapidly developing technology, teaching methods and techniques are also updated. Especially in the field of Computer Science, the transfer of programming courses to students by using these technologies provides great convenience for both teachers and students (Gülbahar and Kalelioğlu 2018). Having programming skills has become one of the important
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