Özet:

In this study, it was determined that the informatics ethics level of the students who continue their education at secondary education level throughout the province of Sinop. It is aimed to determine whether there is a statistically significant difference according to gender, grade level, school type, and information technology usage preferences variables. Since it is aimed to describe the informatics ethics levels of the study group students as they are, the survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in the research. In the 2020-2021 academic year, students studying at secondary level throughout the province of Sinop constitute the universe of the research. The scale was delivered to all students online and feedback was received from 818 students. 412 of these students are female and 406 of them are male students. When examined in terms of grade level, it was determined that 242 students were in 9th grade, 222 students were in 10th grade, 172 students were in 11th grade, and 182 students were in 12th grades. “Real Life Situation Scenario Information Technologies Scale” developed by Yoon and “Information Ethics Scale with Real Life Situation Scenarios (GYDSBE)” adapted into Turkish by Arıkan and Duymaz were used as data collection tools. The scale is a 5-point Likert type and consists of 17 items in four scenarios and 68 items in total. There are six sub-factors in the scale, two items for the “Justice” sub-factor, three items for the “Relativity” sub-factor, two items for the “Egoism” sub-factor, four items for the “Mission Knowledge” sub-factor, and three items for the “Utilitarianism” sub-factor and three items for the “Ethical Judgment” sub-factor. The collected data were interpreted with statistical analysis programs. According to the results obtained as a result of the research, it was determined that the secondary school students' informatics ethics average score was at the "Good" level, the gender status of the students affected their informatics ethical behavior, and the informatics ethics status of female students was better than male students. In terms of school types, it was observed that there was a significant difference in the ethical levels of the students studying in different school types. In addition, it can be said that the students' grade levels and the information technologies they prefer to use the most do not have a purifying or reducing effect on the information ethics levels of the students. Different behavioral tendencies according to gender should be taken into consideration while teaching the subject of informatics ethics and planning in-class activities.

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