Teachers' lived experiences of the use of technology in the implementation of secondary school curriculum: a phenomenological study

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 department of education, Arak University

2 arak university

10.22034/trj.2023.62924

Abstract

The present research was conducted with the aim of studying the teachers' lived experiences of the use of technology in the middle school curriculum. Qualitative research approach and study method was phenomenology. The statistical population of the research was made up of secondary school teachers who had the experience of using technology in the implementation of the curriculum. The sample size was based on the rule of theoretical data saturation, so based on the rule of theoretical saturation, 19 participants were selected using targeted sampling of the desired type. The criteria for selecting the participants of the research was teachers who used educational technologies in the implementation of education. The research tool was semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis method was used to analyze the data. From the analysis of the interviews, 8 organizing themes and 104 basic themes were extracted. The findings showed that facilitating learning, positive changes in pedagogy, new technological innovations, facilitating administrative processes, lack of appropriate technical platforms and infrastructures, challenges related to easy labor, managerial challenges, consequential challenges of The main experiences of the teachers in the process of implementing the curriculum were based on technology. According to the results of the research, it can be said that in order to increase the use of educational technologies in the implementation of the curriculum, the trustees of the educational system should facilitate the technical, legal and managerial bases of using these technologies.The present research was conducted with the aim of studying the teachers' lived experiences of the use of technology in the middle school curriculum. Qualitative research approach and study method was phenomenology. The statistical population of the research was made up of secondary school teachers who had the experience of using technology in the implementation of the curriculum. The sample size was based on the rule of theoretical data saturation, so based on the rule of theoretical saturation, 19 participants were selected using targeted sampling of the desired type. The criteria for selecting the participants of the research was teachers who used educational technologies in the implementation of education. The research tool was semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis method was used to analyze the data. From the analysis of the interviews, 8 organizing themes and 104 basic themes were extracted. The findings showed that facilitating learning, positive changes in pedagogy, new technological innovations, facilitating administrative processes, lack of appropriate technical platforms and infrastructures, challenges related to easy labor, managerial challenges, consequential challenges of The main experiences of the teachers in the process of implementing the curriculum were based on technology. According to the results of the research, it can be said that in order to increase the use of educational technologies in the implementation of the curriculum, the trustees of the educational system should facilitate the technical, legal and managerial bases of using these technologies.The present research was conducted with the aim of studying the teachers' lived experiences of the use of technology in the middle school curriculum. Qualitative research approach and study method was phenomenology. The statistical population of the research was made up of secondary school teachers who had the experience of using technology in the implementation of the curriculum. The sample size was based on the rule of theoretical data saturation, so based on the rule of theoretical saturation, 19 participants were selected using targeted sampling of the desired type. The criteria for selecting the participants of the research was teachers who used educational technologies in the implementation of education. The research tool was semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis method was used to analyze the data. From the analysis of the interviews, 8 organizing themes and 104 basic themes were extracted. The findings showed that facilitating learning, positive changes in pedagogy, new technological innovations, facilitating administrative processes, lack of appropriate technical platforms and infrastructures, challenges related to easy labor, managerial challenges, consequential challenges of The main experiences of the teachers in the process of implementing the curriculum were based on technology. According to the results of the research, it can be said that in order to increase the use of educational technologies in the implementation of the curriculum, the trustees of the educational system should facilitate the technical, legal and managerial bases of using these technologies.The present research was conducted with the aim of studying the teachers' lived experiences of the use of technology in the middle school curriculum. Qualitative research approach and study method was phenomenology. The statistical population of the research was made up of secondary school teachers who had the experience of using technology in the implementation of the curriculum. The sample size was based on the rule of theoretical data saturation, so based on the rule of theoretical saturation, 19 participants were selected using targeted sampling of the desired type. The criteria for selecting the participants of the research was teachers who used educational technologies in the implementation of education. The research tool was semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis method was used to analyze the data. From the analysis of the interviews, 8 organizing themes and 104 basic themes were extracted. The findings showed that facilitating learning, positive changes in pedagogy, new technological innovations, facilitating administrative processes, lack of appropriate technical platforms and infrastructures, challenges related to easy labor, managerial challenges, consequential challenges of The main experiences of the teachers in the process of implementing the curriculum were based on technology. According to the results of the research, it can be said that in order to increase the use of educational technologies in the implementation of the curriculum, the trustees of the educational system should facilitate the technical, legal and managerial bases of using these technologies. consequential challenges of The main experiences of the teachers in the process of implementing the curriculum were based on technology in education. According to the results of the research, it can be said that in order to increase the use of educational technologies in the implementation of the curriculum, the trustees of the educational system should facilitate the technical, legal and managerial bases of using these technologies.

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