Examining Pre-service Preschool Teachers’ Technology Addiction Levels

It is possible to say that one of the most common problems of the modern age is technology addiction. Technology addiction can be defined as spending time obsessively on social media and games, online shopping and applications, and isolating oneself from social life accordingly. The purpose of this research is to examine the technology addiction levels of pre-service preschool teachers. For this purpose, 201 students studying in the 4th grade of the preschool teaching departments of the education faculties of five state universities were focused on. The data of the research was collected using the Personal Information Form and Technology Addiction Scale. It can be said that the PPTs participating in the research are moderately addicted to technology, moderately addicted to websites and instant messaging, and lowly addicted to online games and social networks. When the differences between the gender and addictions of the PPTs are examined, it can be said that men are more addicted to technology in all dimensions except the instant messaging dimension.