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Determination of cyber security ensuring behaviours of pre-service teachers
Determination of cyber security ensuring behaviours of pre-service teachers

Author(s): Damla Karagozlu
Subject(s): Education, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Birlesik Dunya Yenilik Arastirma ve Yayincilik Merkezi
Keywords: Cyber attack; cyber security; personal cyber security; pre-service teachers;

Summary/Abstract: As cyber security attack rates increase, so do cyber security concerns. Cyber security is the collection of tools, policies,security concepts, security measures, risk management approaches, actions, education, applications, security and technologies that can be used in order to protect the cyber environment and user rights. The aim of this study is to determine the behaviours of pre-service teachers as this study’s objective is to determine the behaviours of pre-service teachers regarding cyber security. This study is designed according to the quantitative research method and the Personal Cyber Security Ensuring Scale has been used. 144 pre-service teachers of two different universities who took up instructional technologies and material design courses in the 2019–2020 spring semester participated in the study. It has been observed that the participants frequently took measures when they noticed unreliable people and situations in the internet environment but took occasional measures in terms of not leaving any trace, taking precautions and protecting personal privacy.

  • Issue Year: 15/2020
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 1698-1706
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English
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