The investigation of self-efficacy of pre-service science teachers and pre-service physics teachers towards web pedagogical content knowledge regarding internet use habits

The purpose of this study was to investigate the self-efficacy of pre-service science and pre-service physics teacher towards web pedagogical content knowledge. In addition, it was also explored the relationship among internet and technology use habits of those pre-service teachers and their self-efficacy level towards web pedagogical content knowledge. The participants in this study were 75 pre-service science teachers and 75 pre-service physics teachers studying at Dicle University, Diyarbakir, were involved to the study as convenient sample. The data collection tool was "Web Pedagogical Content Knowledge Survey", a thirty items scale, developed by Lee, Tsai and Chang (2008). The instrument was translated and adapted into Turkish by Horzum (2011). The participants' self-efficacy towards web pedagogical content knowledge was examined by the five dimensions of the scale which are (1) Web-general, (2) Web-communicative, (3) Web-Content Knowledge, (4) Web-Pedagogical-Content Knowledge and (5) Attitude toward web-based instruction. The results of the study revealed that web pedagogical content knowledge of pre-service science and physics teachers differed according to their internet use habits. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Academic World Education and Research Center.