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Publication Date: 2017
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An Investigation of the Relationship between Digital Citizenship Levels of Pre-Service Primary School Teachers and Their Democratic Values
Aladag, Soner; Çiftci, Serdar
Online Submission, European Journal of Education Studies v3 n6 p171-184 2017
This study seeks to investigate the relationship between digital citizenship levels of pre-service primary school teachers and their democratic values. The research was designed in descriptive survey model. The research was conducted with the participation of 346 pre-service primary school teachers (juniors and seniors) from Adnan Menderes University and Mugla Sitki Koçman University. "Digital Citizenship Scale" developed by Isman and Güngören (2014) and "Democratic Values Scale" developed by Çermik (2013) were used as the data collection tools. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and t-test while the unrelated samples were analyzed through one-way analysis of variance. Also, the relationship between the variables was analyzed by using correlation analysis. The results of the analyses reveal that there is a statistically insignificant difference among the pre-service primary school teachers' digital citizenship scores in terms of the variables of gender and class. As for the democratic values scores, it is observed that there is a statistically significant difference among the pre-service primary school teachers' scores in terms of gender, having access to the Internet connection, the duration of the Internet use experience, and the duration of daily Internet use. There is also a statistically significant difference among the digital citizenship scores in terms of having the Internet connection, the duration of the Internet use experience, the duration of daily Internet use, and perceived level of the Internet using skills. Democratic values scores differ significantly in terms of class and perceived level of the Internet using skills. When the scores taken from the digital citizenship and democratic values scales are analyzed, it is observed that there is a weak positive correlation between these two variables. [This study was presented at the 10th International Computer and Instructional Technologies Symposium May 16-18, 2016, and the abstract was published in the proceedings.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Citizenship, Citizenship Responsibility, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Technology, Democratic Values, Measures (Individuals), Statistical Analysis, Scores, Internet, Gender Differences, Social Class, Access to Computers, Time on Task, Statistical Significance, Computer Literacy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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