Investigating the instructors' technological pedagogical content knowledge in terms of different variables: The sample of Mugla Sitki Kocman University

Abstract

The aim of the study is to examine instructors' technological pedagogical content knowledge in terms of various variables. The study was designed to reflect the survey research model. The sample of the study consisted of 154 instructors working in Mugla Sitki Kocman University in the 2013-2014 academic year, in the Faculty of Education, Faculty of Literature, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, and Faculty of Engineering. In the selection of the research sample, convenience sampling, as a non-random sampling method, was used. The "Personal Information Form" was used to determine the demographic characteristics of the instructors in the study. The "Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) Scale" was used to determine the instructors' technological pedagogical content knowledge levels. In the analysis of the data, percentage, frequency, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, maximum and minimum values, independent sample t-test, the Mann-Withney U test, one-way variance analysis, and the Kruskall-Wallis H test were used. According to the results of the research, the TPACK levels of the instructors are high. It was determined that the TPACK levels of the instructors do not differ significantly by gender. It was concluded that the TPACK levels of the instructors differ significantly in some dimensions by age, title, faculty and the type of course given.