ISSN: 2265-6294

Attitudes of teachers and school principals towards employing digital media in education

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Somaia Mahmud Abdel Fattah Samara,Mohannad Ali Sulaiman Al-Shawabkeh

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The teacher and school principals represent the most important variables in the education process and there have been great strides in the past few years in the use of digital media DM, which has made it necessary to identify the competencies and electronic skills needed to apply electronic media for use in teacher preparation programs and school principals. the current study sought to identify the trends of teachers and school administrators in employing DM in the learning process through electronic platforms. The study adopts the quantitative data design using a questionnaire that distributed in June 2022. Teachers and assistant principals were chosen randomly, and the sample consisted of (198) the teacher and principal from schools of the Institutes of Ministry of Education in Zarqa in Jordan. The results of this study point out the majority of the respondents agree that learning through using DM increases the quality of knowledge acquired, is very easy, gives school principals new management skills, and reduces individual differences between students by developing their practical skills in life situations. The findings of the study highlight the significance of avoiding a number of DM-related challenges in order to increase user motivation. Interactivity is yet another significant issue that needs to be avoided.

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