Use of Instructional Technologies by Teachers in the Educational Process: Metaphor Analysis Study

Year 2018, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 189 - 202, 15.04.2018

Hakan Sarac

https://doi.org/10.12973/eu-jer.7.2.189

Abstract

The aim of this research is to determine the thoughts
of the teachers about the concepts of "Smart
Board", "Computer",
"Internet" and "Social Media" from the
Instructional technologies of the secondary school teachers with different
branches through metaphors. In the research, a qualitative research model was
used to identify teachers' thoughts in metaphor analysis from various branches
about the use of instructional technologies in the national field. Within the
scope of the qualitative research model, the phenomenology design was used. In
order to find out what kind of thoughts teachers have about teaching materials
from the participants "Smart Board /
Computer / Internet / Social Media is like / similar to…..; Because ..."
they were asked to complete their covenants. As a result of the research, 25
valid metaphors belonging to the concepts of smart board, computer, social
media and 27 of internet concept were obtained from secondary school teachers.
The most book (f = 4) metaphor for smart board concept, brain and memory (f =
2) metaphors for computer concept, most air (f = 3) and medicine, ocean, water
(f = 2) metaphors for internet concept and the drug and virus (f = 2) metaphors
related to the concept of social media. The metaphors of the concept of smart
board are classified into 5 conceptual categories with common characteristics
related to each other, 6 categories with common features related to computer
and internet concepts, and 7 conceptual categories with social media concept
related to each other. In the research, it was reached that the secondary
school teachers expressed positive opinions about the concept of smart board
and computer, partially negative about the concept of the internet but more
negative opinions about the concept of social media.

Keywords

Computer, internet, metaphor, smart board, social media

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