This study is intended to detect the level of individual innovativeness among science teacher candidates and to demonstrate whether levels of individual innovativeness differ based on different variables like gender, grade level, reception or lack of preschool education and daily time spent on the internet. Survey model, one of quantitative…

Integrating ICTs and namely the internet into teaching and learning in the classroom offers potentials for the education sector through its capacity to facilitate new ways of teaching in a digital environment. As a result of this, national curriculums have changed to accommodate new demands and potentials which are provided by ICTs. This paper…

For pre-service teachers, it is very important to use digital technology effectively and productively during their teacher training and in the educational institutions that they will work in the future. In this context, video development process is an effective learning environment in improving digital skills of students and acquisition of new…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of a game called Wild Web Woods (WWW) designed by the European Council for safe Internet use on secondary school students' safe Internet use. In line with this purpose, for the purpose of determining the students' awareness of safe Internet use, a total of 504 students from different…

The use of social media is tremendously increasing trend for personal use. At the same time, social media are penetrating to the educational settings as well. Thus purpose of this study is to investigate pre-service social studies teachers' conceptions on use of social media in social studies education; it is possible implications on social…

Building public Internet access points (PIAPs) is a significant contribution of governments towards achieving an information society. While many developing countries are investing great amounts to establish PIAPs today, people may not use PIAPs effectively. Yet, the successful implementation of PIAPs is the result of citizens' acceptance to use…

In the present study carried out with 190 educational administrators, the individual innovativeness of educational administrators was examined. As a result of the study, it was found out that the educational administrators considered themselves as early adaptors. It was also revealed that professional seniority was not important in terms of…

Purpose: The purpose of this self-reflective paper is to focus on practical efforts to combat inequality and foster intercultural dialogue in education. It introduces "knowledge alliances", a type of social practice open for education technologies. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is structured in a theoretical and an empirical…

We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…