Obstacles to implementation of curriculum based on augmented reality technology for elementary education
Subject Areas : EducationSomayeh Haghighat 1 , hamidreza moetamed 2 , alireza ghasemizad 3
1 - Ph.D. Student in Educational Management, Kazerun branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Educational Management, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Iran.
3 - alirezaghasemizad@gmail.com
Keywords: Keywords: elementary education curriculum, augmented reality technology, implementation barriers,
Abstract :
Introduction: New technologies bring major changes in the classroom, which have caused changes in educational structures, behavioral patterns within the education system, and even educational content. Educational institutions at all levels have tried to facilitate the improvement of teaching and learning processes by integrating technology into educational methods.When information technology makes major changes in education, the curricula will undoubtedly change as well. The main goal of the current research is the obstacles to the implementation of augmented reality technology in the curriculum of the elementary education system of Iran research methodology: The research method is qualitative. It was done by thematic analysis method. The statistical population consisted of curriculum experts and educational technology experts and teachers. 18 people were selected based on targeted sampling. The research tool was a semi-structured interview. In order to check the validity and reliability, four criteria: 1- Acceptability, 2- Verifiability, 3- Reliability, 4- Transferability were considered for evaluation Findings: After coding and analyzing the interview data, 51 basic themes were extracted. From these basic themes, 15 organizing themes and finally 6 overarching themes were identified and extracted, which formed obstacles to the implementation of the curriculum based on augmented reality technology. Discussion and conclusion: The evidence shows that many factors prevent the use of new educational technologies in the teaching and learning process, and the order of priority of these obstacles is different from each other in different researches.
