EFFECTS OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ON TURKISH TEACHERS: TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION ALONG WITH ATTITUDE TOWARDS ICT IN EDUCATION

The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of the professional development (PD)  program on technology integration (TI) besides attitudes towards ICT in education of Turkish teachers . This study demonstrates the outcomes of one group pre-test and post-test design based on data, collected before, just after and six weeks after the PD program. The results of the study revealed that, the PD program had a positive effect on TI continuing still at the sixth week while little or no change was detected on the teachers’ attitudes towards ICT in education.