توظيف المختبرات الافتراضية في تدريس العلوم بمدارس قطاع غزة (آفاق التطوير والحلول) Employ the Virtual Labs for Teaching Science at Gaza Strip Schools. (the Development Prospects and Solutions)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Education Technology, Faculty of Education, Islamic University, Palestine.

2 Science, Faculty of Education, Islamic University, Palestine.

10.18576/ijlms/070102

Abstract

The research aimed to employ the virtual labs for teaching science at Gaza strip schools and set the development prospects and solutions for the the problems facing teachers to its employment. For the aim of the research, the two researchers used the mixed approach that combine both of the quantitive and qualitive approaches together. The two researchers set a questionnaire that consists of 32 items distributed into three domains. It was applied on a sample of a twenty science teachers at west Gaza directorate. Based on the research results; the problems related to the learning environment got the highest proportion with 80 percent, followed by the problems related to the teachers with a proportion of 73 percent, followed by the problems related to the learners with a proportion of 72 percent. As well as, the interviews results indicated the lack of all the abilities helping the employment of virtual labs and the lack of teachers experience about the employment mechanism of this technique. The two researchers set a proposal to solve problems and develop its employment through preparing a training course for teachers to raise their efficiency in employing the virtual environment, providing enough amounts of computers for students, and providing the technical programming inside state schools.

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