Examining the Relationship between Individual Innovativeness and Digital Nativeness Levels of Teachers

Abstract

It is thought that individuals who are open to innovation and development will have no difficulty in adapting to digital life. The aim of this study is to determine individual innovativeness and digital nativeness levels of teachers and to reveal the relationship between these two variables. Correlational survey model was used in the research. The research was carried out on 815 teachers working in state secondary schools in Turkey in 2018. Within the scope of the research, a questionnaire was applied to the teachers to collect their levels of personal innovativeness and digital nativeness and their personal information. According to the data obtained from the research, it can be said that both individual innovativeness and digital nativeness levels of male teachers are higher than female teachers. It was found that the levels of digital nativeness of IT teachers were higher than Mathematics, Turkish, Fine Arts and Religious Culture and Moral Education teachers. As a result of the analysis, it was found that there is a positive and moderate relationship between digital nativeness and individual innovativeness. It is concluded that individual innovativeness is a significant predictor of digital nativeness and that dimensions of individual innovativeness explain 26% of digital nativeness.