Abstract
The aim of this study is to determine the perceptions of
the teachers on EBA (Educational Informatics Network) through metaphors. The
study group is constituted by the 74 Geography teachers
who attended “Fatih Projesi Ders Akış Tasarımı” in-service training course
held in İstanbul between 2016-2017 school year and again 52 teachers from
different branches, attended “Fatih Projesi-EBA Seçmeli Ders Çalıştayı” in
Balıkesir between 2016-2017 school year, totally 126 teachers. The data of the
research has been derived from the teachers by completing by
completing “EBA like……….., because……………” sentences. Qualitative
research methods were used in data analysis. At the end of the
study, 115 different metaphors were determined in 7 different categories about
EBA. The categories from which metaphors are generated mostly are
respectively; the portal with rich contents (30 metaphors), the portal which
supports education (23 metaphors), the portal with useful contents (21
metaphors), the portal where the contents are found difficulty (13 metaphors),
the portal which can not be included in any categories (11 metaphors), the
portal which should be developed ( 7 metaphors), the portal which have
indispensable contents (6 metaphors), and the portal which will develop
according to the quantity of given support (4 metaphors). The
analyzes of the metaphors which have been constituted according to the
categories have been done with content analysis method which is one of the
qualitative research methods and the suggestions are offered within the context
of the evaluation results of the study.