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Examining digital competence of teachers within the context of lifelong learning based on of the twenty-first century skillsÖgretmenlerin yirmi birinci yüzyil becerileri isiginda ve yasam boyu ögrenme baglaminda dijital yeterliliklerinin incelenmesi

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Undoubtedly, the twenty-first century has witnessed rapid changes and developments in the information world. As science and technology develop, sharing information and knowledge has been accelerated. Digital tools are of paramount importance and play an important role in the production and sharing of this information. The world has become a global village by means of digital tools. Digital skills are also an important sub-dimension of lifelong learning. Within this context, our teachers to educate the people of our age are required to acquire and use these skills throughout their lives in order to catch our era in which the information production and sharing are accelerated. The aim of this study is to assess digital competence of teachers within the context of lifelong learning and in the light of the twenty-first century skills. Scope of this study includes teachers in service at high school and junior high school in Diyarbakir, during the spring semester of 2014-2015 academic years. The sample of the study consisted of 286 teachers randomly selected from the population. One of the descriptive research models, survey model has been used in this study. As data collection tool, a scale developed by researchers was used. Developed scale consists of 30 items and three-dimensional. SPSS software was used for analysing the data. In data analysis, digital qualifications of teachers was both examined overall and compared in terms of gender, level of education, branch, school type, institutions, seniority and whether to take computer lessons or courses variables. According to the results obtained, it was observed that teachers have digital qualifications at ‘Adequate level ( =3,5)’, male teachers are more qualified than female teachers and having studied computing either in university or another institution significantly increases digital qualifications.  The results obtained were compared with similar studies in literature and the following suggestions were developed: 1- Teachers, especially senior teachers, should participate in in-service training in line with the teacher’s profile required by the 21st century. 2- Universities should renew their programs according to the needs of the era and should teach especially prospective teachers "learning to learn."  3- In this field, more detailed, more versatile studies on larger samples should be carried out and the findings should be presented to the attention of policy-makers in particular. ÖzetYirmi birinci yüzyil hiç kuskusuz bilgi dünyasinda hizli degisme ve gelismelere sahne olmaktadir. Bilim ve teknolojinin gelismesi ile bilgi üretimi ve bilginin paylasimi hizlanmistir. Bu bilgi üretimi ve paylasiminda dijital araçlar önemli bir yer tutmaktadir. Dijital araçlar vasitasiyla dünya küresel bir köy halini almistir. Yirmi birinci yüzyil becerileri arasinda dijital beceriler önemli bir yer tutmaktadir. Dijital beceriler ayni zamanda hayat boyu ögrenmenin de önemli bir alt boyutudur. Bu baglamda bilgi üretiminin ve paylasimin hizlandigi çagimizi yakalamak için çagimizin insanini yetistirecek ögretmenlerimizin bu becerileri edinmeleri ve hayat boyunca kullanmalari gerekmektedir. Bu çalismanin amaci ögretmenlerin yirmi birinci yüzyil becerileri isiginda ve hayat boyu ögrenme baglaminda dijital yeterliliklerinin incelenmesidir. Çalismada betimsel arastirma modellerinden tarama modeli kullanilmistir. Arastirmanin evrenini 2015-2015 egitim ögretim yili bahar döneminde Diyarbakir ili merkez ilçelerinde görev yapan ortaokul ve lise ögretmenleri olusturmaktadir. Arastirmanin örneklemini ise bu evrenden rastgele seçilen 286 ögretmen olusturmaktadir. Arastirmada ölçme araci olarak arastirmacilara tarafindan gelistirilen 30 maddeden olusan bir ölçek kullanilmistir. Verilerin çözümlenmesinde SPSS Statistic 22 programi kullanilmistir. Verilerin analizinde ögretmenlerin dijital yeterlilikleri hem genel olarak hem de cinsiyet , egitim durumu, brans, okul türü, mezuniyet, bilgisayar dersi/kursu alma ve kidem degiskenlerine göre incelenmistir. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre ögretmenlerin ölçek ortalamasindan 3,5 ortalama elde ederek dijital yeterliliklerinin yeterli düzeyde olduklari, cinsiyet bakimindan erkek ögretmenlerin kadin ögretmenlere göre daha yeterli olduklari, lisans dersi olarak veya kurs ile bilgisayar dersi almanin dijital yeterlilikleri önemli ölçüde arttirdigi tespit edilmistir.Elde edilen sonuçlar alan yazindaki benzer çalismalarla karsilastirilmis ve tespit edilen eksikliklerle ilgili ögretmenler, üniversitelere ve milli egitim bakanligina yönelik asagidaki öneriler gelistirilmistir.1-Ögretmenler, özellikle kidemli olanalar 21. Yüzyilin ihtiyaci olan ögretmen profili dogrultusunda hizmet içi egitime tabi tutulmali ve çagin gereklerine göre donatilmalidirlar. Milli egitim bakanligi bu konuda üniversitelerin ilgili bölümlerinde ve ögretim üyelerinden profesyonel destek almalidir. 2-Üniversiteler programlarini çagin ihtiyaçlarina göre yenilemeli ve özellikle ögretmen adaylarini “ögrenmeyi ögrenme” aliskanligi kazandirmalidir. 3-Bu alanda daha ayrintili, çok yönlü ve genis katilimli çalismalar yapilmali ve özellikle politika yapicilarin dikkatine sunulmalidir.

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