How Literate are Prospective Science Teachers in this digital era? Profile of Digital Literacy Skills of Preservice Science Teachers in South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Abstract

There is a lack of information about the digital literacy skill of prospective science teachers in Indonesia, specifically in South Sulawesi. The focus will be placed on their digital literacy skills in three dimensions: technical, cognitive, and social emotional. The population was undergraduate students from educational science program at three universities in South Sulawesi namely Universitas Negeri Makassar (State University of Makassar), Universitas Bosowa (Bosowa University), and IAIN Parepare (State Islamic Institute of Parepare). Sample consisted of 313 students. Results show that the average digital literacy skill is in the medium category.