Web 2.0 Tools in Chemistry Teaching: An Analysis of Pre-Service Chemistry Teachers’ Competencies and Views

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Uyulgan M. A., Akkuzu Güven N.

Instructional Technology and Lifelong Learning, cilt.3, sa.1, ss.88-114, 2022 (Hakemli Dergi)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 3 Sayı: 1
• Basım Tarihi: 2022
• Doi Numarası: 10.52911/itall.1127618
• Dergi Adı: Instructional Technology and Lifelong Learning
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Index Copernicus, Root Indexing, Asos İndeks
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.88-114
• Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This research aimed to explore the competencies of the pre-service chemistry teachers (PSCTs) to use Web 2.0

tools and their views on these tools in the context of chemistry teaching. A descriptive design was used. The

participants were 27 PSCTs studying at the Department of Chemistry Education at a state university in Turkey.

Data were collected through Web 2.0 Tools Usage Competence Scale and Structured Interview Form. The results

demonstrated that the PSCTs were moderately competent in using Web 2.0 tools. The majority of them

experienced these tools for the first time within the framework of this study and had no prior expertise. The

interview results showed that the PSCTs thought that most chemistry subjects are difficult to comprehend due

to their abstract sense, and that any subject can be taught more successfully using Web 2.0 tools to visualize it

as a comics or animation. Considering the results, it was suggested that pre-service teachers and teachers could

acquire knowledge and competencies in Web 2.0 technologies by organizing various projects, workshops and inservice

trainings.