The Role of Kindergarten Teachers in Using the Computer in the Educational Process (Field Study on Schools in the Capital, Amman)

Abstract

This study sought to know the role of kindergarten teachers in using the computer in the educational process, where the study community of all kindergarten schools are teachers in the capital Amman, and a questionnaire consisting of (10) items was relied upon and a random sample of 75 teachers was chosen in the schools of the capital, Amman. Data were extracted, results were monitored, tabulated, and entered into the computer, and statistical analyzes were performed using the (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) (SPSS). The T-test was used to test the hypothesis of the study. And to verify the stability of the distributed questionnaires, the internal consistency factor (Cronbach's alpha) was calculated, reaching (0.81), which is a value that can be considered acceptable for the purposes of the study. The study resulted in the following:

There is a statistically significant relationship at the level of significance 05.0 between kindergarten teachers and the use of the computer in the educational process due to personal factors (age, educational qualification, years of experience).

The most important recommendations reached by the study:

Holding training courses for teachers on the use of computers in the educational process, and educational institutions should make the computer subject a basic material for all disciplines to enable the teacher and the student to use it with high efficiency in the field of teaching and education and at all educational levels and to find educational computer programs to serve the educational process.

Keywords: kindergarten teachers, the computer.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-33-04

Publication date: November 30^th 2021