The relationship between self-efficacy of preschool teachers' use of information and communication technologies at home for distance education and attitudes of information and communication technologies teachers during the pandemic process

This purpose of use, the course of self-efficacy of using communication technologies at home and at home for distance in preschool education, and the use of ICT at home for distance about school and ICT attitudes education trainings about school are examined. The research consists of 161 pre-school students working in pre-school education in Şahinbey district of Gaziantep province and teaching from the Covid-19 education programs. As a data collection tool in the research; A "Personal Information Form" consisting of 9 questions containing personal information about preschool teachers, developed by the researcher, was used. "Using Information and Communication Technologies at Home for Preschool Distance Education" developed by Gözüm, Metin, Uzun, and Karaca (2022) to determine the self-efficacy of preschool teachers in using information and communication technologies at home for distance education and Information and Communication The "Teachers' ICT Attitudes Scale (ÖBİTTÖ)" developed by Aydın and Semerci (2017) was used to determine the Technologies and Teacher Attitudes. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics such as arithmetic mean and percentage, as well as simple correlation, independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, and simple correlation test were used. In the study, it was determined that the teacher's self-efficacy in the use of ICT at home for distance education in preschool was at a moderate level, the teacher's self-efficacy did not show a significant difference according to the variables of teachers' age, seniority, education level, receiving education for distance education, but the training received by the teachers about ICT was effective. It has been determined that there is a positive and moderate relationship between the use of information and communication technologies at home for pre-school distance education, teacher self-efficacy and ICT teacher attitudes. In the light of the findings obtained, suggestions have been developed to investigate the ICT self-efficacy and attitudes of preschool teachers in more depth and to support teachers in order to support these skills.