Abstract:

Developments in the field of information and communication significantly affect the society. The rapid development of information communication technologies has affected all fields as well as the studies on citizenship and the concepts of citizenship related to technology have emerged. One of them is the concept of digital citizenship. Digital citizenship generally covers the rights and responsibilities regarding the use of technology, ethical rules and the ability to use the internet effectively and correctly. Digital citizenship is an issue that needs to be focused on in order for young people to know their rights and responsibilities in digital environments, to be aware of ethical rules, to think critically and to participate actively for the benefit of society. For this reason, it is important to determine the digital citizenship perceptions of social studies teacher candidates. The research is in descriptive survey model. The study group of the research consists of 214 teacher candidates studying in 1st.2.nd 3rd.4th. grade level of department of Social Studies Teaching at Kastamonu University Education Faculty in the academic year of 2019-2020. According to the findings of the study, it was determined that the digital citizenship perception levels of Social Studies teacher candidates were above the medium level.

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