Pre-Service Teachers' Individual Innovativeness and Technology Standards: An Exploratory Study

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between pre-service teachers' innovativeness levels and technology standards and their prediction of each other regarding various variables. In this context, the study sample consisted of 345 pre-service teachers who were randomly selected voluntarily from among the pre-service teachers studying at the Faculty of Education of a university located in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. In the data collection process, the Demographic Information Form developed by the researchers, the "Individual Innovativeness Scale" developed by Kilicer and Odabasi (2010) and the "Technology Use Standards Scale" developed by Misirli (2013) were used. Descriptive analyses were conducted to determine the individual innovation levels and technology use standards of teacher candidates. Independent sample t-test, and one-way analysis of variance were used. In cases where statistical differences were found as a result of the analyses, the eta-squared (η2) effect size was calculated to determine the degree of difference. In addition, Bonferroni correction was made in one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) to control type I errors. Pearson correlation and multiple regression analyses were applied. According to the research findings, technology standards and individual innovativeness levels of pre-service teachers show a significant difference in the direction of males according to gender and a significant difference in the direction of the CEIT department according to the department they study. While it was determined that pre-service teachers' technology standards were significantly correlated with individual innovativeness levels and sub-dimensions, it was concluded that individual innovativeness and its sub-dimensions predicted technology standards at a significant level.