PERCEPTION OF GENDER EQUALITY OF TEACHER CANDIDATES AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY USE LEVELS

Abstract

The importance of the research obtained is to examine the relationship between pre-service teachers' perception of gender equality and their level of technology use in terms of some variables. A quantitative research method was adopted and a descriptive survey model was used. Three different tools were used to collect the data. The first is the demographic information form, the second is the Computer and Instructional Technologies Gender Equality Perception Scale and the third is the Information and Communication Technologies Usage Level Determination Scale. This research was applied to 288 teacher candidates studying in different departments at Necmettin Erbakan University, Ahmet Keleşoğlu Faculty of Education in the 2021-2022 academic year. Research data were analyzed with a statistical program. As a result of the statistical analyzes, it was observed that the gender equality perception status of the study group showed a significant difference according to the gender variable. However, it was observed that technology use levels did not show a significant difference according to the gender variable. It was observed that the gender equality perception status of the study group showed a significant difference according to the weighted grade point average variable. At the same time, it was observed that there was a significant difference between the scores of technology usage levels and the weighted grade point average variable. It was observed that the gender equality perception status of the study group showed a significant difference according to the variable of daily internet usage time. In addition, it has been observed that there is a significant difference between the levels of technology use and the scores they get for the variable of daily internet usage time. It was observed that the gender equality perception status of the study group did not show a significant difference according to the education level of the families. On the other hand, it was observed that there was a significant difference between the levels of technology use and the scores of the families for the education level variable. It was observed that the gender equality perception status of the study group did not differ significantly according to the socioeconomic structure of the family. At the same time, it was observed that technology use levels did not show a significant difference between the scores they received for the socioeconomic structure of the family variable.