Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between the individual innovativity of preservice teachers and their competencies in techno-pedagogical education. The sample group for the research comprised a total of 389 pre-service teachers, 288 of which were female (74%) and 101 (26%) of which were male, selected from the senior students of 10 different teacher training programs in the Faculty of Education of Trakya University during the spring term of the 2011-2012 academic year. The "Techno-pedagogical Education Competency Scale" developed by Hurt, Joseph and Cook (2012) and the "Individual Innovativeness" scale developed by Hurt, Joseph and Cook (1977) and adopted into Turkish culture by Kılıçer and Odabaşı (2010), were used for the research. The results showed that the individual innovativity of the pre-service teachers fell under the "early-majority" category; while no significant difference was found between individual innovativity and competence in techno-pedagogical education with the gender variable. It was determined from the research that the techno-pedagogical education competencies of the pre-service teachers were at the "advanced" level. The findings of the research revealed a positive and moderate relationship between the individual innovativity of pre-service teachers and their competence in techno-pedagogical education.

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