Exploring the effect of pre-service teachers’ digital competence on paperless behavior

Tusyanah Tusyanah, Nina Oktarina, Aulia Prima Kharismaputra, Edy Suryanto, Dwi Putra Andika

Article ID: 2222
Vol 2, Issue 1, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/ssd.v2i1.2222
Received: 3 July 2023; Accepted: 27 December 2023; Available online: 17 January 2024; Issue release: 29 February 2024


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Abstract

Pre-service teachers must implement paperless behavior in line with institutional policies, technological developments, and environmentally friendly issues. Pre-service teacher candidates are expected to have digital competence in skills, abilities, and knowledge to successfully use computers, their related applications, and software in teaching and educational practice. It is predicted to affect their paperless behavior because digital activities reduce paper use. This study aimed to analyze the influence of prospective teachers’ digital competencies on their paperless behavior. The research is based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) using a quantitative approach and involved 372 pre-service teachers at the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES). Sampling was done by purposive sampling with specific criteria. The results of the study show that digital competence has an influence on paperless behavior by 43.1%. These findings add insight into the role of digital competence in an environmentally friendly learning process. This research suggests increasing students’ digital competence so that students’ paperless behavior rises in line with environmental issues.


Keywords

paperless behavior; digital competence; theory of planned behavior (TPB)


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