Primary Teachers' ICT Integration: The Effect of ICT Competence Beliefs, Attitudes Toward ICT Use and Teaching Self-Efficacy

Year 2025, Volume: 42 Issue: 2, 79 - 95, 25.08.2025

Murat Alperen Aktaş , İdris Aktaş

https://doi.org/10.52597/buje.1650714

Abstract

This study, which aims to determine the predictive effects of primary teachers' basic ICT competence beliefs, attitudes towards ICT use and teaching self-efficacy on ICT integration, was designed in a predictive correlational model. The study was carried out with 116 primary teachers (74 female, 42 male) selected according to the convenience sampling. Data were collected through the scales of “Teachers’ ICT Integration Proficiency”, “Teachers’ Basic ICT Competence Beliefs”, “Teachers’ Attitudes Towards ICT Use”, and “Teaching Self-Efficacy”. The collected data were examined with descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression analysis. The findings revealed that teachers' teaching self-efficacy was very high level, while their basic ICT competence beliefs, attitudes towards ICT use, and ICT integration proficiency were high. It was found that the independent variables together, whose order of importance on ICT integration was basic ICT competence, teaching self-efficacy and attitude towards ICT use, together explained about 41% of the variation in ICT integration. According to the regression analysis results, basic ICT competence and teaching self-efficacy were found to be significant predictors of ICT integration, whereas attitudes towards ICT use were not identified as a significant predictor. In conclusion, to enhance primary school teachers’ ICT integration, priority should be given to strengthening their basic ICT competence beliefs and teaching self-efficacy.

Keywords

attitude towards ICT use in education , basic ICT efficacy beliefs , ICT integration , primary teachers , teacher self-efficacy

Sınıf Öğretmenlerinin BİT Entegrasyonu: BİT Yeterlik İnancı, BİT Kullanımına İlişkin Tutum ve Öz-Yeterliğin Etkisi

Abstract

Bu çalışma, sınıf öğretmenlerinin temel BİT (Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojileri) yeterlik inançları, BİT kullanımına ilişkin tutumları ve öğretmen öz-yeterliklerinin, BİT entegrasyon yeterlikleri üzerindeki yordayıcı etkilerini belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Yordayıcı ilişkisel modelde tasarlanan çalışma, uygun örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilen 116 sınıf öğretmeni (74 kadın, 42 erkek) ile yürütülmüştür. Veriler, “Öğretmenlerin BİT Entegrasyonu Yeterlikleri”, “Temel BİT Yeterlik İnancı”, “BİT Kullanımına İlişkin Tutum” ve “Öğretmen Öz-Yeterliği” ölçekleri aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Elde edilen veriler betimsel istatistikler ve çoklu doğrusal regresyon analizi ile incelenmiştir. Bulgular, öğretmenlerin öğretim öz-yeterliklerinin çok yüksek; temel BİT yeterlik inançları, BİT kullanımına ilişkin tutumları ve BİT entegrasyon yeterliklerinin ise yüksek düzeyde olduğunu göstermiştir. Regresyon analizi sonuçlarına göre, BİT entegrasyonunu yordamada etkili olan değişkenler sırasıyla temel BİT yeterlik inancı, öğretmen öz-yeterliği ve BİT kullanımına ilişkin tutumdur. Ancak yalnızca ilk iki değişken anlamlı yordayıcılar olarak öne çıkmıştır. Sonuç olarak sınıf öğretmenlerinin BİT entegrasyonlarını geliştirmede temel BİT yeterlik inancı ve öğretmen öz-yeterliklerinin güçlendirilmesine öncelik verilmelidir.

Keywords

BİT entegrasyonu , eğitimde BİT kullanımına ilişkin tutum , öğretim öz-yeterliği , sınıf öğretmenleri , temel BİT yeterlik inancı

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