Effect of Prezi Based Presentations on Achievements of Pre-Service Teachers in Teacher Education Curriculum Contents

Abstract

Objectives:The main objective of study was to find out whether adopting Prezi-based presentations in the teacher education topic of Curriculum and School had any positive effects on pre-service teachers' academic performance. Method: A single-group pre-test and post-test experimental design was used in the study to examine the effects of Prezi-based presentations in the classroom. The 90 pre-service teachers from the Department of Education at the Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed to be University), Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India, were selected as a sample using the purposive sampling method. Findings: The study's major conclusions showed that using Prezi for presentations was an effective approach for enhancing pre-service teachers' level of achievement in teacher education subjects. Novelty : The present study is a maiden attempt at examining the effect of Prezi-based presentations on the achievements of pre-service teachers, which will be of immense importance to the research community interested in working on cloud-based presentations for enhancing students' achievements in teacher education curriculum content.