IF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS PREPARE PODCASTS: AN APPLICATION FOR LITERATURE COURSE

Abstract

The study involves pre-service teachers' producing content on Turkish literature authors and works through podcast application. Accordingly, the aim of the study is to address the attitudes of pre-service teachers who realized the podcast application towards collaborative work in literature course and their perceptions of information communication technologies competence. In addition, pre-service teachers' thoughts about preparing podcasts were also discussed. It is thought that the experience of such an application by pre-service teachers will contribute to the development of collaborative work, technology use and speaking skills. The study was conducted with thirty-six Turkish pre-service Turkish teachers in the spring semester of the 2021-2022 academic year within the scope of the new Turkish literature course 2. Quantitative and qualitative data collection methods were used in the study. The findings obtained as a result of the research are that pre-service teachers' perceptions of collaborative work towards preparing podcasts are at a "high" level; the mean scores of pre-service teachers' perceptions of ICT competence are at a "sufficient" level; there is no significant difference between their attitudes towards collaborative learning and their perceptions of competence in using ICT according to gender. The findings for the qualitative part are that the pre-service teachers enjoyed the study, their knowledge was reinforced with the preparations they made before the podcast on the subject they dealt with, and this provided permanence. They also stated that speaking and vocalizing, producing content was very satisfying, working with their friends was enjoyable, they learned new things about the use of technology through podcasts and saw their deficiencies.