An Investigation of the Digital Literacy Skill Levels of Ceit Teacher Candidates

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The aim of this study is to evaluate the proficiency levels of pre-service teachers in the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology in the European Digital Competence Framework for digital literacy. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview form and descriptive analytic methodology, one of the qualitative research techniques. Expert advice was used to finalize the data collection tool. The participants consisted of 16 pre-service teachers studying at the faculty of education of a university in Western Anatolia in the spring semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. Five main themes and sub-themes were formed from the information obtained from the interview form. The main themes are information processing, communication, content creation, security and problem solving.  After analyzing the data collected using the form developed in accordance with the European Digital Competence Framework, it was determined that nine pre-service teachers were at the expert level, five pre-service teachers were at the development level and two pre-service teachers were at the beginning level in terms of digital literacy skills. In addition, it is noteworthy that third and fourth grade pre-service teachers responded to the questions expressed at a user level suitable for novice level. It is recommended that educators should be aware of these problems and appropriate curricula should be developed with these problems in mind.