Examination of 21st Century Skills and Technological Competences of Students of Fine Arts Faculty

Abstract

In this study, 21st century skills and technological tendencies of the students of the Faculty of Fine Arts were examined with a relational approach in terms of some variables. With this aim, the 21st century skills and technological competences of the students of the Faculty of Fine Arts were compared in terms of gender and grade level variables. In this respect, this study is a comparative relational survey research. The study was carried out with 198 students studying fine arts at different universities in Turkey. The 21st century skills scale and the technological susceptibility scale were used as data collection tools. In the study, t-test for independent groups, one-way analysis of variance and correlation analysis techniques were used for data analysis. In the study, it was found that the 21st century skills of fine arts students were relatively high, while their technological susceptibility was moderate. It was found that the 21st century skills and technological predispositions of the participant students differed in terms of gender and grade level. Finally, a positive, significant and high-level relationship was found between the 21st century skills and technological predispositions of the students of the Faculty of Fine Arts.