The Influence of Culture to Use ICT in Primary Schools: Trends to Smart One
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
There is an upcoming trend to the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Iran schools, which has provided the backdrop to the creation of smart schools. Iranian classical kind of schools needed to organize the requirements established in the knowledge-based societies and are the key approaches to develop knowledge and skills in these schools. It is a research organized for estimate of mentioned schools readiness to embrace ICT and establishment of technological trends requires for their promotion as smart school in future. Level of Karaj (Second big city of Iran) schools readiness to ICT establishments from the teachers and principles' point of views are scrutinized through a surveying method. The sample of the study selected randomly as 300 teachers and 20 principles. Two sets of questionnaires were designed for the study: one kind of questionnaire was distributed among teachers and another among principles, to ascertain their views on the different aspects of ICT establishment. Questionnaires' Reliability estimated by Cronbach's alpha (0/87). It is revealed by the findings of study that the cultural dimension of ICT usage designed on the basis of their familiarity with equipment, approach to facility and their attitude is desirable.
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Zohrhe Khoshneshin, Vahid Mansouri, Maryam Safara
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