a Record control number 000298605104055

a ISSN 1877-0428

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number LB1028

b Item number .P47 2011

a Personal name Hürsen, Çiğdem,

h Medium Electronic Document

a Title The perceptions of teachers on using e-mail, chat & discussion groups for educational purposes

c Statement of responsibility, etc Cigdem Hursen, Fezile Ozdamli.

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2011.

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Elsevier Science Ltd,

a Summary, etc The purpose of this study is to obtain general information from high school teachers who have different branches about using e-mail, chat & discussion groups at internet for educational purposes. For this study quantitative approach was used. Sample size was 523 (301 female - 222 male). The sample comprised high school teachers from North Cyprus. We classified the teachers according to their branches. So these groups are Social Sciences (n=160), Arts (n=110), Language Literature (n=128), and Science and Mathematic (n=125). In this study we used a scale designed to get "The opinions of teachers about using e-mail, chat and discussion groups on the internet for educational purposes" and demographic information forms. This study showed that, the teachers use MSN and e-mail the most and discussion forums the least. According to the results of this study teachers exhibited above medium levels of perception towards using internet tools in education. And teachers who use the internet everyday have higher perception about the use of discussion groups than the other teachers. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Educational research

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element E-mail

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Discussion groups

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element chat

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Teachers

g Relationship information 2011, Vol 15

x International Standard Serial Number 18770428

t Title 3rd World Conference On Educatıonal Scıences (2011)

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://library.neu.edu.tr:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.390