Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, P.O. Box 889-14665, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
The research with purpose identifying indicators of student teachers learning activities in curriculum of technology knowledge of elementary education and amount of attention to them was done. Design was combination of sequential exploratory type. In qualitative section, phenomenological method and in quantitative section, descriptive-survey method was used. Statistical population in qualitative section is professors and experts in field of technology based learning activities and in quantitative section, student teachers in field of elementary education. In qualitative section, 15 people were selected through purposive sampling and in quantitative section, 227 people were selected through stratified random sampling. Research data were collected through semi-structured interviews and researcher-made questionnaires. Determine validity of interview questions and questionnaire, face and content validity and Cronbach's alpha coefficient were used to estimate reliability of questionnaire. Thematic analysis method was used to analyze data in qualitative section, and descriptive and inferential statistics were used in quantitative section. Findings of research in qualitative section showed that indicators of learning activities in science and technology curriculum of field of elementary education included themes of independent learning, doing homework, active participation in education process, interaction with professors, access to different course content, sharing and skill and ability of student teachers in teaching using new educational technologies. Results of quantitative section also showed that level of attention paid to indicators of student teachers learning activities in curriculum of technology knowledge is at low level. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to technological knowledge in consolidated way in performing learning activities.
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