Investigation of pre - school teachers' views about technological pedagogical content knowledge their in - class practice

Investigation of pre-school teachers' views about technological pedagogical content knowledge their in-class practice In the growing and changing world, the new developments occurred every day in the education field as every other area. Following and adapting these new developments are essential for the quality of education has been given. In this context, in order to set a strong foundation in the preschool, which is the basis of the education, the preschool teachers must have the goods on their knowledge and efficiency and they also must acquire technological pedagogical content knowledge. Within this framework, determining the preschool teacher's technological pedagogical content knowledge was aimed in this study. In accordance with this purpose, the case study model of qualitative research method was used. 12 preschool teachers who are working in Kutahya city center preschools are selected by purposive sampling method as study group. The Semi-Structured Interviews and Observations Forms that were developed and used by the researcher and Personal Information Form were used for data collection. Qualitative Analysis Method was used for the analysis of obtained data. The results of the data analyze shows that preschool teachers' pedagogical knowledge, content knowledge and technological pedagogical content knowledge are all at the sufficient level. Recommendations and suggestions for future research were made based upon the findings. Key words: preschool teachers, technological pedagogical content knowledge, TPACK