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2nd International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN), Barcelona, Spain, 5 - 07 July 2010
The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine the Turkish pre-service Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) teachers' learning styles, abilities, interests and current career aspirations. Participants were 115 pre-service ICT teachers from large public university in Ankara. Participants were asked to fill out an open-ended information sheet; Kolb's learning styles inventory-Turkish version; and the ability and interest sub-scales of Kuzgun's Self-Evaluation Inventory. Results showed that the most common learning style among pre-service ICT teachers was Converging. In terms of ability scores, the participants obtained the highest scores on Numerical Ability and Verbal Ability categories. In terms of interest scores, the participants obtained the highest scores on Job Detail and Persuasion categories. The first three careers which emerged from the analysis of pre-service ICT teachers' responses to the current career aspiration question were computer engineering, ICT teaching, and doctor of medicine. ANOVA results showed that the only statistically significant relationship among the pre-service ICT teachers' learning styles, ability and interest scores was on the Mechanical interest category. According to post hoc analysis, Convergers have higher interest scores on Mechanical interest category than Accommodators. Implications are discussed.