Title of article :
How to integration of information and communication technology with Elements of Undergraduate Program Curriculum in Educational Sciences of Farhangian University in Tehran and evaluation from the perspective of students and related professors
Author/Authors :
Fazlalizadeh, Reza Science and Research Branch - Tehran Islamic Azad University , Naderi, Ezatolah Science and Research Branch - Tehran Islamic Azad University , Seif Naraghi, Maryam Science and Research Branch - Tehran Islamic Azad University
Abstract :
Aims: This study is to investigate the integration of information and communication technology (ICT)
with Elements of Undergraduate Program Curriculum in Educational Sciences of Farhangian University
in Tehran from the perspective of students and related professors to optimize the mentioned curriculum.
Methods: This is an evaluation study, and the researcher has utilized “field research.” The studied
population includes: 921 undergraduate students in Educational Sciences and Professors of Educational
Sciences, including 92 people who are teaching in different majors of Educational sciences accordingly,
among 921 people a sample of 120 students and among 92 educational sciences experts 45 subjects
were selected and random cluster sampling method was used. To determine the sample size in this
study Morgan’s table was used. Data collection tools included a researcher made questionnaire which
consists of 50 questions of five‑point Likert scale. Before the final implementation of the questionnaire, to
ensure the applicability of the questionnaire “pilot implementation” was done. Face and content validity
of the questionnaire were confirmed with the opinion of the professors and experts in this field and its
reliability was calculated 96.5%, using Cronbach’s alpha. In the area of inferential statistics, Chi‑square test
was used to study and analyze the data. Results: Show the same distribution of opinions of students
and professors to use and integrate ICT to explain 4 elements of the curriculum. Conclusion: At the
end a model of the integration of (ICT) to optimize the elements of the curriculum at Undergraduate
Program Curriculum in Educational Sciences of Farhangian University in proposed which considers
different levels of integration in the curriculum, including within field, interdisciplinary, integrated, and
interdependent. The results of this research are a strategy for the development and integration of
ICT curriculum elements with Farhangian university curriculum and national curriculum document.
Keywords :
Curriculum , Farhangian University , information and communication technology , suitable model of curriculum development
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics