The Determination of the Effectiveness of the Ministry of Education’s Information Technology Formator Teacher Programme: the Case of Ankara

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine whether the Information technology formator teacher programme administered by  the Ministry of Education has been implemented effectively or not.

The research has adopted a descriptive survey model,  a survey consisting of 9 demographic, 52 likert type and 1 open-ended question which  was sent  via chain e-mail  to 214 Information technology Formator Teachers employed  in Ankara,  the survey has been answered by 170 participants.

The evaluation statements of the trained teachers, showing no variation among participants in terms of gender, school type employed, length of service and specialization, demonstrated that the participants found the training programme;  highly usefull, enabling the development of vocational knowledge and ability; insufficient in terms period of training and content; sufficient with regard to the number of  appointed personel;  sufficient due to the applications conducted;  sufficient enabling the acquisition of satisfactory amount of knowledge from  most of the training topics. The evaluation statements of teachers with 26-31 age range and a graduate level of education showed a more negative trend.

As a result the evidence founded in this research has showed that there is a need to; take the opinion of the participants in terms of the timing of training; extend  the  period of training; arrange, after training, developmental training, courses and seminars that will enable participants to develop themselves and share information.

Keywords: Information Technology Formator Teacher Programme,  in-service training, Developments Unique to a Country,  Instructors training, Information Technology