مستويات اهتمام معلمي الصفوف الأساسية الدنيا في تقبل الحاسوب كتجديد تربوي و توظيفه في التدريس

Abstract EN

Tlie purpose of the study was to determine the levels of concerns of elementary school teachers in accepting and utilizing the computer, as an educational innovation, in their teaching practices.

The study also examined whether there were any differences in the degree of concerns in these levels among teachers that can be attributed to gender and experience.

A questionnaire was constructed to determine teachers’ concerns.

The validity and reliability were computed and found suitable to conduct the study.

The questionnaire was distributed to a random sample composed of 149 elementary' school tcachers (97 female and 52 male) from Irbid schools district in Jordan.

The study revealed that the highest degree of teachers' concerns in accepting computers and utilizing them in their teaching practices was focused on personal concerns, the second highest degree of concern was focused on management concerns.

On the other hand, the study found out that the lowest degree of teachers' concerns was focused on the awareness of computers role in the classroom and on the full adoption of computer as an educational innovation and thinking of methods of using it in their teaching practices.

The study did not also find any significant differences among teachers in their levels of concerns attributed to gender.

Regarding the experience, the study didn’t reveal any significant differences among teachcrs in their concerns attributed to experience, howrever, some significant differences were found in some stages of concerns.

Appropriate recommendations were suggested based on the results of the study.