Evaluating ICT Integration in Turkish K-12 Schools through Teachers’ Views

Mehmet Kemal Aydin; Mehmet Gurol; Ruben Vanderlinde

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2016.1227a

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Mehmet Kemal Aydin ¹ ^* , Mehmet Gurol ¹, Ruben Vanderlinde ²

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¹ Yildiz Technical University² University of Ghent^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Background:
The current study aims to explore ICT integration in Turkish K-12 schools purposively selected as a representation of F@tih and non-F@tih public schools, as well as including a private school.

Materials and methods:
A convergent mixed methods design was employed with a multiple case strategy as such it will enable to make casewise comparison. The quantitative data was collected through e-capacity measurement scales. Concurrently, the qualitative data was gathered through three open-ended questions.

Results:
The evaluation results illustrate that a private school outperformed all public schools, including F@tih and non-F@tih schools. However there are some promising results indicating that F@tih project has made some significant inroads into improvement of ICT related school conditions, specifically ICT infrastructure of public schools.

Conclusions:
Yet, the findings also illustrate that ICT coordination and support, ICT vision and policy and teachers’ ICT training and their ICT use are policy domains that should be addressed and improved in both F@tih and non-F@tih schools. In addition, the qualitative findings showed strong parallelism with the quantitative results and mostly concurred with them.

Keywords

program evaluation
ICT integration
e-capacity framework
F@tih project
mixed methods design

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Aydin, M. K., Gurol, M., & Vanderlinde, R. (2016). Evaluating ICT Integration in Turkish K-12 Schools through Teachers’ Views. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 12(4), 747-766. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1227a

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Aydin MK, Gurol M, Vanderlinde R. Evaluating ICT Integration in Turkish K-12 Schools through Teachers’ Views. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2016;12(4):747-66. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1227a

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Aydin MK, Gurol M, Vanderlinde R. Evaluating ICT Integration in Turkish K-12 Schools through Teachers’ Views. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2016;12(4), 747-766. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1227a

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Aydin, Mehmet Kemal, Mehmet Gurol, and Ruben Vanderlinde. "Evaluating ICT Integration in Turkish K-12 Schools through Teachers’ Views". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2016 12 no. 4 (2016): 747-766. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1227a

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Aydin, M. K., Gurol, M., and Vanderlinde, R. (2016). Evaluating ICT Integration in Turkish K-12 Schools through Teachers’ Views. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 12(4), pp. 747-766. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1227a

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Aydin, Mehmet Kemal et al. "Evaluating ICT Integration in Turkish K-12 Schools through Teachers’ Views". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 12, no. 4, 2016, pp. 747-766. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2016.1227a