International Journal of
Information and Education Technology

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to identify elementary and secondary school teachers’ needs for media education training courses. A questionnaire survey was conducted from October to November, 2013. The participants were 49 elementary and secondary school teachers. A four point Likert scale questionnaire was used to measure teachers’ needs for the current “curriculum standards” and a free-response style self-report questionnaire was used to identify participants’ needs for new media education in-service teacher training courses. Participants were asked what they want to study in an in-service teacher training course for media education. Participants’ answers were classified using quantification method type III. Results of the research reveal that media education training courses with high needs were: utilizing digital textbooks, utilizing tablet PCs, utilizing interactive blackboards/ whiteboards, ICT integration in education, capacity building for ICT integration, designing ICT integrated lessons, utilizing ICT in specific subjects, and moral issues in education.