Investigation of the relationship between digitalcitizenship and basic technology competence levels of social studies teachers: Example of Afyonkarahisar province

The main purpase of this research is to determine whether digital citizenship and basic technology proficiency levels of social studies teachers are predictors of each other by examining it in terms of various variables. The research group of the study consists of 94 social studies teachers working in public schools of the central district of Afyonkarahisar province between 2021 and 2022. In the study, screening method was used among quantitative research methods. As a data collection tool, ''Personal Information Form'' developed by the researcher was used to access the personal information of social studies teachers. To determine the digital citizenship levels of teachers ''Digital Citizenship'' scale which was developed by Ribble and Bailey (2007) was used. It is adapted to Turkish by Işman and Canan-Güngören (2014) and consists of 34 items. To specify the basic technology proficiency levels '' Basic Technology Proficiency For Educators'' scale which was developed by Flowers and Algozzine (2000) and adapted to Turkish by Tekinarslan (2008) was used. It consists of 48 items. At the end of the study, it was concluded that the digital citizenship levels of social studies teachers were intermediate. It has been observed that there is a significant difference between the digital citizenship levels of social studies teachers and the gender and social network usage variables. There has been no significant difference between age variable and digital citizenship level. Basic technology proficiency levels of social studies teachers were determined to be intermediate. It has been concluded that there is a significant difference between the basic technology proficiency levels of social studies teachers and the gender variable. There was no significant difference between age and social network usage variables and the level of basic technology proficiency. In the correlation analysis to determine the relationship between the digital citizenship levels of social studies teachers and the basic technology proficiency levels, it was found that there was a moderate, positive and statitically significant relationship. In the last section, various recommendations have been made to improve social studies teachers and educators on basic technology knowledge and digital citizenship. Keywords: Digital citizenship, basic technology ğroficiency, social studies.