The Study of Guidance School and Biology High School Teachers’ Awareness of Modern Scientific Technology

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Tahereh Khanjani ¹ , Kamyan Khazaei ² , Hosseinali Taghipour ³

1 - M.A Curriculum, Islamic Azad University, Chalous Branch, Chalous, Iran
2 - Assistant professor. Department of Educational Science, Islamic Azad University, Chalous Branch, Chalous, Iran
3 - Assistant professor. Department of Educational Science, Islamic Azad University, Chalous Branch, Chalous, Iran

Received: 2011-04-22 Accepted : 2011-09-03 Published : 2011-08-23

Keywords: New Technologies, Information technology, Nanotechnology, Nuclear Energy, Science of Stem Cells,

Abstract :

 This study aimed to investigate the knowledge of modern descriptive-cross-sectional technologies in secondary and high school teachers in western Mazandaran. Thel science. nuclear power, and fundeta is a questionare consisting of 37 questions on internet science, it, nano technology, b population included all 116 science and biology teachers in Nowshahr, Chalous, and Tonekabon. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire consisting of 37 questions on Internet Science, IT, Nano Technology, Biotechnology, Nuclear Power, and Fundamental Cell Science.   The data were analyzed by means of collective tables, X² test. The results showed the poor knowledge of the above technologies all over the country. On the contrast, teachers liked to have the subjects in curriculums. Moreover, their lack of presenting the subject could be traced in their fear to get involved in it due to their poor knowledge of them.