Abstract:

This study investigated the science teachers' aims of using the Internet, the websites they benefit from, their views on the effects of the Internet assisted teaching on students' levels of learning, the issues they face in the Internet assisted teaching applications, their expectations as to creating and editing the contents on the websites, as well as the views on their self-evaluation in term of using the Internet in science education. The study was conducted within the framework of qualitative case study, and the participants included 48 Science teachers working in the city center of Kırşehir. The data of the study were collected using an interview form that included seven open-ended questions, and the analysis was conducted using descriptive analysis method. The results of the study indicated that science teachers used the Internet mostly for the purposes of obtaining information, doing research, and communicating. The results further revealed that science teachers were more aware of the websites, fenokulu.net and eba.gov.tr in science education and provided views suggesting that the use of the Internet affected students’ levels of learning positively. In addition, science teachers regarded the slow Internet and the paid or insufficient contend as the most commonly faced issues

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