Opinions of vocational course teachers working in imam hatip anatolian high schools on the use of technology in religious education: A phenomenological research

Developments in science and technology have caused teaching models, including religious education, to change. The main purpose of this research is to determine the opinions of vocational course teachers working in Imam Hatip Anatolian High Schools regarding the use of technological materials. The study is within the scope of the phenomenology model, one of the qualitative research methods. The study group of the research consists of 20 teachers who work in Imam Hatip Anatolian high schools in Batman and use technological materials in their lessons. The data of the study was collected using a semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher based on the opinions of field experts. Necessary permissions were obtained before starting the data collection phase of the research. After the necessary permissions were obtained, negotiations started. The interviews were audio-recorded with the permission of the participants, and these recordings were later turned into written documents by the researcher. The documents, which were turned into written documents, were read from a detailed perspective and analyzed using the content analysis technique.