Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Elementary Education Online, cilt.12, sa.3, ss.797-807, 2013 (Scopus, TRDizin)
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between the individual innovativeness of preservice teachers and their competencies in techno-pedagogical education. The sample group for the research comprised a total of 389 pre-service teachers, 288 of which were female (74%) and 101 (26%) of which were male, selected from the senior students of 10 different teacher training programs in the Faculty of Education of Trakya University during the spring term of the 2011-2012 academic year. The "Techno-pedagogical Education Competency Scale" developed by Kabakçi{dotless} Yurdakul, Odabaşi{dotless}, Ki{dotless}li{dotless}çer, Çoklar, Birinci and Kurt (2012), and the "Individual Innovativeness" scale developed by Hurt, Joseph and Cook (1977) and adopted into Turkish culture by Ki{dotless}li{dotless}çer and Odabaşi{dotless} (2010), were used for the research. The results showed that the individual innovativeness of the pre-service teachers fell under the "early-majority" category; while no significant difference was found between individual innovativeness and competency in techno-pedagogical education with the gender variable. It was determined from the research that the techno-pedagogical education competencies of the pre-service teachers were in the "advanced" level. The findings of the research revealed a positive and moderate relationship between the individual innovativeness of pre-service teachers and their competency in techno-pedagogical education.