Instructional Confidence and Technology Attitudes in a Centralized Education System: Evidence from Türkiye
Abstract
Educational Technology Integration has been shaped by the beliefs of teachers; however, the majority of evidence connecting self-efficacy in teaching with technology attitudes is based on data collected from western, high-autonomy systems. In order to investigate whether the widely documented positive relationship exists within an examination-driven and centralized educational system, this study examined the relationship between technology attitudes and general teaching self-efficacy in Turkey. Using a cross-sectional survey design, a total of 386 urban public school teachers in Balıkesir Province were recruited through convenience sampling. Correlation analyses utilizing Pearson correlation coefficients and t-test statistics were performed to analyze the data. The results revealed a very small and statistically non-significant relationship between general teaching self-efficacy and technology attitudes (r = .06, p = .231, r² = .004), and no statistically significant gender differences were found in either construct. The findings indicate that general instructional confidence and technology-related dispositions may function somewhat separately in highly structured educational environments, rather than suggesting that this weak association can be attributed solely to the structural aspects of a centralized system. Additionally, limited variability in both constructs — due to ceiling effects — and the conceptual difference between efficacy in general domains and attitudes toward specific domains likely contributed to the weak association.
Keywords
- Teacher attitudes toward technology
- teaching self-efficacy
- centralized education system
- technology integration
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
June 25, 2026
Submission Date
April 8, 2026
Acceptance Date
May 7, 2026
Published in Issue
Year 2026 Volume: 7 Number: 1