Abstract:

Nowadays technology has been given great importance to access knowledge and learning. It is known that both students and teachers use technology for different purposes. Students use technology to enhance their learning and access knowledge in a short time. Besides, teachers use technology to make their students’ learning process easier. In the progress of technology integration, determination of teacher perceptions related to technology is an emphasis by the researches in literature. In this context the aim of this study is to determine the perceptions of the students of Teacher Training Certificate Program concerning technology through metaphors. The study group of the research consists of 164 teacher candidates attending Teacher Training Certificate Program of the Educational Sciences Department in the Faculty of Education at Anadolu University. Both qualitative and quantitative techniques were used to figure out the metaphor categories and whether they differentiate according to participants’ gender and department variables. Content analysis was used to analyze the perceptions of the participants. Findings of the study showed that the participants indicated 120 valid metaphors which were grouped into seven categories as technology facilitating the quality of life, useful technology, harmful technology, both useful and harmful technology, developing technology, know-how technology and necessary technology. In the research the metaphors developed by the candidates did not differ according to gender and according to their departments.

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