Preservice physical education teachers’ adaptation of mobile learning and perception for ethical use of information technology

Year 2025, Volume: 13 Issue: 4, 251 - 262, 30.12.2025

Kıvanç Semiz , Fatih Özgül , Ezel Nur Korur

https://doi.org/10.17478/jegys.1793116

https://izlik.org/JA43GG63RZ

Abstract

Mobile learning offers a range of pedagogical and administrative advantages for education systems. It enables learning to occur independent of time and place, supports engagement across diverse contexts, allows instructional processes to be tailored to individual learner needs, facilitates personalized learning pathways, enhances interaction among learners, and contributes to more efficient administrative management. However, to effectively integrate mobile learning into schools, teachers in service or pre-service have to possess the necessary competencies to incorporate mobile technologies into their professional practice. University education plays a crucial role in the development of pre-service teachers and citizens through sustainability education, including in cognitive, behavioral, and attitudinal domains. The purpose of the research was comparing of the pre-service physical education teachers’ adaptation of mobile learning and perception for ethical use of information technology. A total of 315 pre-service physical education teachers from various universities in Turkiye participated in the research. First, we applied descriptive statistics and normality tests using the SPSS package program (ver. 27.0) after transferring the data. Then, the Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox in MATLAB 2023b were used to perform a canonical correlation analysis and examine the relationship between the sub-dimension scores obtained from the Mobile Learning Readiness Scale and the Ethical Use of Information Technologies in Education Scale of the participants. According to the findings, only the first canonical correlation differs from zero (p = 7.5018e-04) and was significant. The other canonical correlations were not significant. There is a relationship between X (sub-dimensions of readiness for mobile learning) and Y (sub-dimensions of ethical use of information technologies). This relationship cannot be ignored. However, it is not very strong. In conclusion, the readiness for mobile learning and the ethical use of information technologies in education showed a positive and moderate relationship among participants.

Keywords

Mobile Learning , Ethical Use , Preservice Teacher , Physical Education

Ethical Statement

Before conducting the research, approval was secured from the Ethics Committee of Giresun University Social Sciences, Science, and Engineering Sciences Research on 5 May 2021, with the decision numbered 10/11.

Supporting Institution

The authors declare that there is no potential conflict of interest. The authors would like to acknowledge that there is no financial support and funding for the research.

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