The Relationship between Technology Literacies and Proactive Personalities of Secondary School Mathematics Teachers

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the level of technology literacy and proactive personality of secondary school mathematics teachers, the relationship between technology literacy and proactive personalities, and how much of the proactive personality is explained by the technology literacy, according to the perceptions of secondary school mathematics teachers. The study was designed around a relational survey model, which is a quantitative research technique. The population of the study consisted of mathematics teachers working in secondary schools in Turkey and the sample was 380 secondary school mathematics teachers selected by simple random sampling method. Technology Literacy Scale and Proactive Personality Scale were used as data collection instruments. Descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analyses were used to analyse the data. The secondary school mathematics teachers' perceptions about technology literacy and proactive personality were found to be high. In addition, there was a moderate level positive and significant correlation between technology literacy and proactive personality of the secondary school mathematics teachers. Finally, the proactive personality of secondary school mathematics teachers explained their technology literacy at 30.7% level.