Comparison of Information Finding Behavior in Researcher and Non-Researcher Teachers

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

احمد هاشمی ^{1 *} , حسین فیاض بخش ² , حبیب نکویی ³ , ابوذر همتی ⁴

1 - 44عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد لامرد
2 - عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد دهدشت
3 - 3کارشناس ارشد برنامه ریزی درسی
4 - 4عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد لامرد

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2011-12-22

Keywords: Researcher Teachers, Non-Researcher Teachers, education, Information Finding,

Abstract :

The present study was performed to survey and compare the information finding behavior in researcher and non-researcher teachers in four education districts of Shiraz city. This research is an applied - descriptive study which was done by the use of ex post facto method. The population of the study consists of all teachers who were teaching in 1387-88 academic years. There were 14284 teachers teaching in the related 4 districts and about 65 of them were considered as researchers. The material was a researcher - made questionnaire with 60 questions consist. The results of this study show that there are differences between the kind of necessary information of researcher and non - researcher teachers. The researcher teachers use more ICT and their knowledge about different ways of getting information is far more than non - researcher teachers. Beside this, researcher teachers make use of software and hardware more than non - researcher teachers and their researching methods are different.