ERIC Number: EJ1092471
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 12
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Reality of Educational Technology Use in Primary Level Social Studies Teaching in North West Badiya Education District Schools in Mafraq Governorate
Menazel, Basil H.
Journal of Education and Practice, v7 n6 p112-123 2016
The study aimed to identify the use of educational technology in social studies teaching and the obstacles to availability and use of educational technology in teaching social studies at schools in the North West Badiya Education Directorate in Mafraq governorate, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The study population comprised of 137 male and female teachers in schools of the North West Badiya Education Directorate in Mafraq governorate. Full sampling was used for the study population with 119 questionnaires recovered at 0.86% of distributed copies. Three questionnaire responses were excluded as non-analyzable statistically with 119 analyzed. The study concluded that the level of practice of educational technology in teaching social studies was medium with a medium level of administrative obstacles to the use of educational technology in teaching social studies. The study recommended that school administration show interest in educational technology through a comprehensive system stemming from a strategy at the level of Ministry of Education in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, School Districts, Barriers, Elementary School Teachers, Questionnaires, Teacher Attitudes, Social Studies, Administrator Role, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Jordan
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