Sınıf Öğretmenlerinin Okul Dışı Öğrenme Ortamları Kullanımlarına Yönelik Öz Yeterlik Algılarının İncelenmesi

Abstract

With the changes in education, there have been developments in strategies, methods, and techniques of learning. Today, education is not limited to classrooms and schools. The fact that educational activities are not limited to classroom environments has brought the concept of out-of-school learning environments. The aim of this study is to develop a perceived self-efficacy scale within the framework of views on the use of out-of-school learning environments and to reveal the level of classroom teachers' perceived self-efficacy. The research is exploratory sequential mixed methods research design. Firstly, a qualitative study was carried out to analyze semi-structured interviews with the nine classroom teachers working in schools with varying socioeconomic levels in different Ankara districts. In the quantitative phase of the study, based on these data, a perceived self-efficacy scale was developed. With the developed five factor - 29 item- scale data were collected from 289 classroom teachers and teachers' self-efficacy perceptions were determined. As a result of the study, it was understood that teachers' self-efficacy perceptions towards the use of out-of-school learning environments were at a moderate level. It was seen that the knowledge dimensions of the scale had the highest mean score and the application dimension had the lowest mean score. In the study, it was concluded that the self-efficacy perceptions of teachers who had postgraduate education, took a course on out-of-school learning environments at university and received training on out-of-school learning environments during the teaching process were higher. It was recommended in the study that the different training on out-of-school learning environments and their use in education should be given to teacher candidates at university and to teachers in in-service training and that out-of-school learning should be supported by the stakeholders of education in order for teachers to use these environments effectively. Keywords: out-of-school learning, out of school learning environments, self-efficacy, teacher self-efficacy, classroom teaching.