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Knowledge and Attitude Towards Cybersecurity Education Among Pre-Service Business Education Teachers in Colleges of Education in Southwest Nigeria
Bilqees Mopelola Oladunni-Mohammad , Olajumoke Omojuwura Onifade
Abstract:
This paper examines pre-service teachers of business education in federal colleges of education in Southwest Nigeria on cybersecurity knowledge and attitudes. With the penetration of digital technologies into learning settings, the topic of cybersecurity literacy has ceased to be a technical issue to be considered as a social priority. The study used a descriptive survey design and involved 149 pre-service teachers in the three federal colleges of education and utilized the Cybersecurity Knowledge and Awareness Questionnaire (CKAQ) to gather the information. The theoretical model incorporated Technology Acceptance Model, Knowledge-Attitude-Practice Model, and Protection Motivation Theory to study the views of the participants towards cybersecurity education. The results showed that 87.2 percent of the respondents knew about cybersecurity education and 12.8 percent indicated that they did not know about cybersecurity education. Attitude analysis based on the three dimensions of anxiety (mean=2.56), confidence (mean=2.61), and likeness (mean=2.64) revealed moderate levels in all groups, indicating that there was no evidence of strong enthusiasm or resistance of cybersecurity education. The demographics revealed that most of the participants were females (61.7) and that Marketing (45) and Accounting Education (43.6) is the main evolution paths. This paper finds that pre-service business education teachers, on the whole, acknowledge the significance of cybersecurity, but perceive it differently with some confidence. Systematic curriculum integration, differentiated instructions, teacher educator professional development, and institutional policy support are some recommendations that need to be made to advance cybersecurity education in teacher preparation programs. Such steps would make future business educators more prepared to promote digital resilience in their classrooms and make Nigerian education a safer digital system.
Keywords:
Cybersecurity education, Pre-service teachers, Business education, Digital literacy, Teacher preparation.
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