Information and Communication Technology Integration within the Practicum

Abstract

This study aimed at exploring the extent of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) utilization by Classroom Teacher program at the faculty of education at Isra University during the practicum. The sample of the study consisted of 77 student teachers who had made been enrolled and participated in field visits as part of the practicum as well as the five supervisors at Isra University. The findings of the study illustrated weaknesses in both student teachers' preparation courses on how to use ICT effectively across the curriculum, and ill execution of the practicum.

The Relationship Between Learning Style and Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Academic Achievement in School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

“…In contrast, the study which was conducted by Fleming et al (2011) who found the most common dominant LS in first year was the dual learning category (35%) while a large proportion of the students (53%) in their final year had no dominant LS (39). In contrast, the study was conducted by Erol (2010) in Tukey, who explored the Kolb LSs inventory was used to explore the LS of the study group (40).This is agreed with Aziz et al (2013), who determined Reflector the LS was the most common among the students .The preferred LSs were statistically independent of the demo graphic variables examined such as level of academic years, sex, race and pre-University qualifications (41,42,43). The main reasons might be: the questionnaire used may not be a suitable tool to detect any gender differences in LS or it may not include questions related to the areas of differences.…”