Teachers' knowledge levels about virtual information security

In this study, it was aimed to determine the level of knowledge about the threats of teachers' virtual information security and the precautions to be taken against these elements. The sample of the study carried out in the survey model was composed of 135 teachers who were selected by the method of unstructured element sampling among the teachers working in the high school in Elaz province center. The Information Security Achievement Scale was used as a data collection tool. Mean, percentage and frequency techniques and t test were used to analyze the data. It has emerged that most teachers in the study are not aware of the threats to the information in the virtual environment and do not know the precautions to be taken against to the attacks or threats to information security. Teachers' knowledge levels regarding threats and precautions related to information security differed significantly according to gender variables. At the end of the study, some suggestions were made about the security of virtual information

THE EFFECT OF TEACHERS' ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIORS AND STRESS LEVELS ON SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS

The current study examined the relationship between school effectiveness and teachers' demographic characteristics, organizational citizenship behaviors and stress, and the effects of teachers' demographic characteristics, organizational citizenship behaviors and stress levels on school effectiveness. Within the scope of the research, a causal comparison model was used and the opinions of 222 Turkish teachers who were working in the schools were evaluated. According to the results, school effectiveness was significantly and positively correlated with all dimensions of teachers organizational citizenship behaviors, and significantly and negatively correlated with stress In addition, it was found that the demographic characteristics were not a significant predictor of school effectiveness but only the seniority variable was a significant predictor of school effectiveness and it was found that the stress and dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior were significant predictors of school effectiveness.  Article visualizations

Türkiye'de Eğitim Alanında İkincil Yaşam: Metodolojik Bir İnceleme Araştırması

anemonBu çalışma, Türkiye’de İkincil Yaşam uygulamasının kullanıldığı eğitim çalışmalarını metodolojik olarak incelenmeyi amaçlamıştır. Nitel araştırma paradigması ile yapılan çalışmada doküman inceleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Çalışmalar betimsel analiz tekniği ile çözümlenmiştir. Elde edilen bulgulara göre; çalışmalarda araştırma felsefesi olarak en çok nitel çalışmaların, araştırma deseni olarak da durum çalışmalarının benimsendiği görülmüştür. Çalışmalarda en fazla çalışma grubu olarak lisans öğrencileri, veri toplama yöntemi olarak anket ve görüşme teknikleri tercih edilmiş ve verilerin analizi için en çok içerik analizi tekniği kullanılmıştır. Ayrıca çalışmalarda en çok amaçsal örneklem tekniği kullanılmıştır. İncelenen çalışmaların amaçlarına ulaştığı ve sonuçlarının çoğunun olumlu olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır.This study aimed to examine the educational studies methodologically using the Second Life application in Turkey. In the study conducted with the qualitative research paradigm, the document review method was used. The studies were analyzed with descriptive analysis technique. According to the findings, it was revealed that qualitative studies as research philosophy and case studies as research design were mostly adopted in the studies. In those studies, undergraduate students as the study group and questionnaire and interview techniques as data collection methods were mostly preferred, and the content analysis technique was used mostly for data analysis. Moreover, in those studies, the purposive sampling technique was mostly used. Most of the studies examined reached their aims and most of their results were positive.64479

Teachers' knowledge levels about virtual information security

In this study, it was aimed to determine the level of knowledge about the threats of teachers' virtual information security and the precautions to be taken against these elements. The sample of the study carried out in the survey model was composed of 135 teachers who were selected by the method of unstructured element sampling among the teachers working in the high school in Elaz province center. The Information Security Achievement Scale was used as a data collection tool. Mean, percentage and frequency techniques and t test were used to analyze the data. It has emerged that most teachers in the study are not aware of the threats to the information in the virtual environment and do not know the precautions to be taken against to the attacks or threats to information security. Teachers' knowledge levels regarding threats and precautions related to information security differed significantly according to gender variables. At the end of the study, some suggestions were made about the security of virtual information

An Alternative Method in the Training of School Administrators: Simulations

The methods of school administrators training also affect the professional qualification of administrators. However, any method of agreed of each country regarding the training of effective school administrators has not been presented. From this lack of education, the use of simulations in the training of school administrators was discussed in this study. For this purpose, firstly the problems experienced during the training of the school administrators, later reflections of simulations to the training of school administrators, and the preparation and limitations of managerial problem scenarios were discussed. The research was conducted as a qualitative study based on literature review. However, survey was been limited to abroad literature as there have been no studies on the use of simulations in the training of school administrators in domestic literature. As a result of the literature search, it was seen that most of the studies demonstrating the effectiveness of simulations have been conducted with formal education (primary, secondary and high school) or with university students. In these studies, it was seen that important results were obtained regarding the effectiveness of simulations in training children and young adults and pointed out that simulations are based on adult learning theory. Some studies have also suggested that the use of problem scenarios in the training of school administrators as simulations may be more effective. At the end of the study, various suggestions were made about the use of simulations in Turkish Education System.Okul yöneticilerini yetiştirme yöntemleri yöneticilerin mesleki kalitesini de etkilemektedir. Ancak, etkili okul yöneticilerinin yetiştirilmesine ilişkin her ülkenin üzerinde anlaştığı herhangi bir yöntem hala ortaya koyulamamıştır. Bu eğitim eksikliğinden yola çıkılarak, bu çalışmada okul yöneticilerinin yetiştirilmesinde simülasyonların kullanımı ele alınmıştır. Bu amaçla, ilk olarak okul yöneticilerinin yetiştirilmesinde karşılaşılan sorunlara değinilmiş, daha sonra da simülasyonların okul yöneticilerini yetiştirmeye yansımaları ile yönetsel problem senaryolarının hazırlanması ve sınırlılıkları ele alınmıştır. Araştırma, literatür taramasına dayanan nitel bir çalışma olarak yürütülmüştür. Ancak yurtiçi alanyazında okul yöneticilerinin yetiştirilmesinde simülasyonların kullanımı ile ilgili herhangi bir çalışmaya rastlanmadığı için tarama yurtdışı kaynaklarla sınırlı kalmıştır. Literatür taraması sonunda, simülasyonların etkinliğini ortaya koyan çalışmaların çoğunun örgün eğitim (ilk, orta ve lise dengi okullar) veya üniversite öğrencileri ile yürütüldüğü görülmüştür. Bu çalışmalarda, çocukların ve genç erişkinlerin eğitiminde, simülasyonların etkililiği ile ilgili önemli sonuçların ortaya çıktığı ve simülasyonların yetişkin öğrenme teorisine dayandığına işaret edildiği görülmüştür. Bazı çalışmalarda da okul yöneticilerinin eğitiminde kullanılan problem senaryolarının simülasyonlar şeklinde sunulmasının daha etkili olabileceği ortaya çıkmıştır. Çalışmanın sonunda simülasyonların Türk Eğitim Sisteminde kullanımı ile ilgili çeşitli öneriler sunulmuştur

SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS, GRATITUDE AND DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES AS PREDICTORS OF TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CYNICISM: PREDICTORS OF TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CYNICISM

This study aimed to test the predictive power of teachers’ social connectedness and gratitude levels and their demographic characteristics to predict their organizational cynicism perception. The study was designed in relational screening model. 304 teachers were reached from the population with snowball sampling method. Data were collected with Organizational Cynicism Scale, Social Connectedness Scale and Gratitude Scale. Correlation analysis and hierarchical regression were performed during the analyses. According to correlation analysis results, there were moderate and negative associations between organizational cynicism and social connectedness and gratitude, low and negative association between organizational cynicism and gender and low and positive associations between organizational cynicism and level of education and professional seniority. There were no significant association between organizational cynicism and marital status. As a result of this study, it was found that the independent variable which had the highest predictive value for organizational cynicism was social connectedness, followed by gratitude and the variable group with the lowest predictive value was found as demographic characteristics

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WEB- BASED COMMUNICATION AMONG THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN SCHOOL, NATIONAL EDUCATION DIRECTORATE, AND INDUSTRY COOPERATION - THE VIEWS TOWARDS THE APPLICATION OF A DEVELOPED SOFTWARE

In order to facilitate the communication between the parties involved in school-industry cooperation, this study was conducted to develop and implement a web-based software, and to determine the effectiveness of web-based communication between the parties in the context of the implemented software. Along with the goal of the study, at the end of the software application, to derive the opinions about the effectiveness of web-based communication relying on the applied software, Provincial Directorate of Education, three vocational schools, and three business corporations where the students were attending in order to complete their vocational skill training, were included in the study. As total the views of 16 people were gathered through interviews

Faculty Members' Digital Footprint Experiences and Digital Footprint Awareness

This study aimed to reveal the relationships between faculty members' gender and Internet usage time (daily usage time and years of use), their use of online environments, their digital footprint experiences, and digital footprint awareness. For this purpose, the relational research model was adopted in the study. The sample of the study consists of 398 faculty members working at a state university in Turkey. Descriptive and relational analyzes were made for the analysis of the data. Mean, percentage, and frequency analysis were used in de - scriptive analysis. For the relational analysis, the association rule, one of the data mining methods, was used. At the end of the study, it was found that the faculty members' digital footprint awareness was high, and their negative digital environment experiences were low. It was observed that the digital footprint experiences and awareness of female faculty members were significantly higher than that of male faculty members. It was also found that faculty members mostly use online chat tools, social networks, e-mail services, and least blogs, learning management systems, and Wiki. Faculty members who indicated that digital media posts reflect their real thoughts stated that they do not regret these posts, and after checking their writing, they are sharing them in digital media. Finally, researchers were suggested to examine the change in digital footprint aware- ness according to regional and cultural differences

Okullarda Örgütsel Öğrenme Engellerinin Vignette Tekniği İle İncelenmesi

Bu araştırmanın amacı, Senge’nin (1997) tanımladığı örgütsel öğrenme engellerini (pozisyonum neyse ben oyum, düşman dışarıda, sorumluluk üstlenme kuruntusu, olaylara takılıp kalma, haşlanmış kurbağa meselesi, deneyimden öğrenme avunması ve yönetici ekip miti) okullar açısından incelemektir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu; Elazığ ve Muş illerindeki ilk ve ortaokullarda görev yapmakta olan 25 öğretmenden oluşmaktadır. Verilerin toplanmasında nitel veri toplama yöntemleri içerisinde yer alan vignette tekniği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgulara göre; öğretmenlerin sorumluluklarını pozisyonları ile sınırlandırma eğiliminde oldukları, başarısızlık durumunda sorunu başkalarında aradıkları ve sorumluluk üstlenme konusunda isteksiz davrandıkları belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca tecrübeye önem verdikleri ve karşılaştıkları sorunların çözümünü yöneticilerden bekledikleri sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Bu sonuçlar doğrultusunda, okulların örgütsel öğrenme kapasitelerini geliştirebilmeleri adına birtakım öneriler ortaya konulmuştur