Investigation of primary school teachers' instructional technologies self-efficacy levels in science courses in terms of different variables

Technology, which has an important place in our age, has greatly affected the education as our daily life. Today, instructional technologies find a place for themselves in many educational institutions. Another important factor, as well as the availability of technological materials in schools, is the self-efficacy levels of teachers. In this research, it is aimed to determine the self-efficacy level of primary school teachers of using instructional technologies in science lessons and to investigation whether there is a significant difference in terms of some variables (gender, education level, location of the school, the level of education given, etc.). Also, determining the self-efficacy of teachers, who have a key role in the selection and use of instructional technologies, is important to their students. The relational scanning technique, one of the quantitative research designs, was used in the study. The sample of the study consists randomly 496 primary school teachers in the provinces located in 12 regions included in the statistical regional units classification of the Ministry of National Education. The research data were obtained by using the Instructional Technologies Self-Efficacy Scale in Science Education developed by Taşdemir (2021). Quantitative data were analyzed using non-parametric analysis techniques. Research results: It has been shown that the professional development self-efficacy levels of primary school teachers are formed at high level, but their self-efficacy levels for using instructional technologies in science teaching are at low. In addition, while instrucional technologies self-efficacy level did not change significantly in terms of gender, educational status, location of the school and grade level of education; the significant differences were determined according to professional seniority and in-service training. Keywords: Self efficacy, intstuctional technologies, science education, primary school teachers.