Investigating communicative and information competencies based on teachers’ technology in learning-teaching process
Subject Areas : Journal of Educational PsychologyHassan Rastgarpour 1 , Vahid Mansouri 2 , Parvin Zolghadri 3
1 - Associate Professor, Department of Educational Technology, Khrazmi University of Tehran.
2 - Master of Educational Technology, Lecturer of Payam Nour University.
3 - Lecturer, Department of Education science, Payam Nour University.
Keywords: ICT, Primary School, teachers’ knowledge and skill,
Abstract :
Nowadays, the use of modern technologies in schools to improve the teaching-learning process is growing in the world and primary schools are no exception in this regard. Now one of the major challenges of using new technologies in schools is the competencies qualifications of information and communication technology teachers. The present study has been conducted in order to investigate primary schools teachers’ knowledge and skill in using ICT in the process of teaching-learning in the academic year 2013-2014. The population of the present study consisted of all primary school teachers in Karaj city (N=1100). For the purpose of this study according Morgan table 300 people were selected using random cluster sampling. Researcher-made questionnaire was used for collecting data, its validity was confirmed by a group of professors, educational specialists and a number of teachers and its reliability was estimated using Cronbach alpha which was acceptable (0.89). Generally, results of the present study indicated that primary school teachers’ knowledge and skill in using ICT in teaching-learning process was moderate. Also inferential statistical analysis revealed that there is no significance between gender and teachers’ knowledge and skill level in using ICT in teaching-learning process. But significant difference exists among teaching experience, age, education, and teachers’ knowledge and skill in using ICT in the process of teaching-learning.
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