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Download Article PDFThe aim of the current study is to investigate the attitudes of Social Studies teacher candidates towards using technology. The participants of this study, which was designed as survey study, consisted of 150 1st year and 4th year teacher candidates from Social Studies Teaching Department at Education Faculty in Afyon Kocatepe University in 2017-2018 Fall term. The data were collected by using Technology Attitude Scale (Teknoloji Tutum Ölçeği; Yavuz, 2005). The collected data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and Independent Samples T-test. According to the findings of the study, it can be concluded that Social Studies teacher candidates had positive attitudes towards technology use. The results also demonstrated that Social Studies teacher candidates’ attitudes towards using technology had a statistically significant relationship in terms of gender in favor of males. On the other hand, educational level did not correlate with the attitudes of Social Studies teacher candidates towards using technology.
Keywords: : Technology, Attitude, Social Studies