Enhancing Motivation and Attitudes of Teacher Candidates Through Digital Citizenship Training

Abstract

This study examined the impact of multimedia-based training on the digital citizenship levels of senior class teaching staff. The objective of this research is evaluating the numerical citizenry stages of probable teaching staff for primary school in their last year of study based on sub-dimensions of digital citizenship. Experimental model was used in this study as a research method. In addition, quantitative data were used in conjunction with the research design. The "Digital Citizenship Scale" has been developed to assess participants' motivation and attitudes toward numerical citizenry, before and after training. The experimental study included 60 participants from a private university in Northern Cyprus. Using SPSS 25.0, the data revealed significant improvements in participants' insights of numerical citizenry. Results of the analysis show that, before-service teaching staff was successful in education at the expected and desired level in all sub-dimensions.