Relationship between the individual innovativeness levels and the technopedagogical training competencies of teachers'

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between the individual innovativeness of teachers and their competencies in techno-pedagogical education. The research was carried out using descriptive scanning model from quantitative research models. The sample group for the research comprised 3804 teachers who work at different schools in Turkey to the Ministry of Education selected from fall semester of the 2018–2019 academic year. The "Techno-pedagogical Education Competency Scale" developed by Kabakçı Yurdakul, Odabaşı, Kılıçer, Çoklar, Birinci and Kurt (2012), and the "Individual Innovativeness" scale developed by Hurt, Joseph and Cook (1977) and adopted into Turkish culture by Kılıçer and Odabaşı (2010), were used for the research. The "Techno-pedagogical Education Competency Scale" developed by Kabakçı Yurdakul, Odabaşı, Kılıçer, Çoklar, Birinci and Kurt (2012), and the "Individual Innovativeness" scale developed by Hurt, Joseph and Cook (1977) and adopted intoTurkish culture by Kılıçer and Odabaşı (2010), were used for the research. The findings of the research revealed a positive and medium-level relationship between the individual innovativeness of teachers and their competency in techno pedagogical education. Data were analyzed with SPSS version 23 program. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient was calculated to determine the relationships between variables, Multiple Linear Regression was conducted to examine predictive variables, and t-test and ANOVA were also conducted to analyze participants' perceptions according to gender, branch, age, seniority, and years in current school variables.