Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Eğitim Kuram ve Uygulama Araştırmaları Dergisi, cilt.7, sa.3, ss.406-421, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)
The content of “Cyberbullying Awareness Training for Parents” was developed by the researcher in order to raise awareness of the families about the prevention of cyberbullying, which is a major threat to families and their children. This study aims to examine the effects of the content of prepared education on parents. In the study, the change in the awareness of parents towards cyberbullying and their opinions on training was investigated. A total of 80 parents, 72 femal, and 8 male, participated in the study. In the study, a single group pre-test-post-test model among weak experimental models was used. Designed with Keller's ARCS motivation theory and adult education methods and techniques in mind, the training consists of two parts: “virtual world & cyberbullying” and “recommendations to families”. The "Cyber Bullying Sensitivity Scale" was used to determine the change in the parents 'sensitivity towards cyberbullying at the end of the training, and the "Cyber Bullying Awareness Training Evaluation Questionnaire" was prepared by the researcher to determine the parents' opinion on the education they attended. Research findings show that cyberbullying awareness training is effective on the participants. The effect size is at the "big" level. At the end of the training, it was determined that there was no difference in the cyberbullying levels of the participants according to age, education level, and gender. These findings can be considered as an indication that the cyberbullying awareness training program prepared for parents can be applied to parents of different age groups and different education levels, male or female, with different characteristics. In order to determine the effect of Cyber Bullying Awareness Training, parents' opinions on education were consulted second. Many of the participants who gave their opinions by participating in the training program stated that the training program was very beneficial for them and they were pleased to participate in the training and requested the repetition of the training. Based on these findings, it can be said that the program met the participants' needs on this issue by contributing to the awareness of the participants about cyberbullying at the end of the training.