Technology Role Modeling of Teacher Educators and Technology Acceptance and Use of Teacher Candidates

Abstract

The research model, which aims to determine the correlation between the level of teacher candidates taking teacher educators as role models in technology use and the level of technology acceptance and use and to what extent teacher candidates taking teacher educators as role models in technology use predicts technology acceptance and use, is a correlation survey model. The study group of the research consists of teacher candidates who are studying in different units of a state university in Turkey in the 2023-2024 academic year and are receiving pedagogical formation education. When the research findings are examined, it can be said that the scores of teacher candidates regarding taking teacher educators as role models in utilizing technology correspond to the "very high" level and their acceptance and use of technology scores of the teacher candidates correspond to the “very high” level. According to findings of the research there was a moderately significant correlation between the scores of teacher candidates regarding teacher educators as role models in technology use and the scores of technology acceptance and use. It was seen that the level of teacher candidates regarding teacher educators as role models in technology use significantly predicted the level of technology acceptance and use.