Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 7(5), pp. 1255 - 1264
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2019.070511
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Digital Literacy Competence Perceptions of Classroom Teachers and Parents Regarding Themselves and Parents' Own Children

Mehmet Arif Ozerbas ¹, Feyza Nur Ocal ^2,*
1 Faculty of Educational Science, Gazi University, Turkey
² Ministry of National Education, Turkey

ABSTRACT

The goal of this research is to analyze digital literacy competence perceptions of classroom teachers and parents regarding themselves and parent's own children according to certain variables. Study group of this research consists of 400 classroom teachers who work in central district of Ankara province (Sincan, Etimesgut, Yenimahalle, Mamak, Keçiören), and who have accepted to fill data collection tool and 356 parents who have children in primary school. The research has been carried out in accordance with correlational survey model. As "Digital Literacy Rating Scale" has been used to determine their competence perceptions regarding the level of digital literacy of teacher and parents, SPSS 22.0 package program has been used for data analysis. The research results reveal that parents find their own levels of digital literacy as "High", but find the level of digital literacy of their children as "Medium" while the teachers find their level of digital literacy as "High". In addition to this, according to the results of the research, the seniorities of the teachers and their frequency of the Internet use have an effect on parents' perceptions on their digital literacy competence; however, this is not the case in the gender variable. The gender of parents, their educational status, and their frequency of the Internet use have affected their perceptions on their digital literacy competence. However, parents' educational status has not made a significant difference on their digital literacy competence perceptions regarding their children. Some programs that include teachers, parents and students should be organized to eliminate this difference that is seen in parents' perceptions on digital literacy competence regarding parents themselves and their children, and new researches for students should be conducted.

KEYWORDS
Literacy, New Literacy, Digital Literacy

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[1] Mehmet Arif Ozerbas , Feyza Nur Ocal , "Digital Literacy Competence Perceptions of Classroom Teachers and Parents Regarding Themselves and Parents' Own Children," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 1255 - 1264, 2019. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2019.070511.

(b). APA Format:
Mehmet Arif Ozerbas , Feyza Nur Ocal (2019). Digital Literacy Competence Perceptions of Classroom Teachers and Parents Regarding Themselves and Parents' Own Children. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 7(5), 1255 - 1264. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2019.070511.