The Use of Internet by Public Secondary School Teachers for educational purposes in Jaresh Governorate and Students’ Attitudes towards it

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate using the Internet by public

secondary school teachers in Jaresh Governorate and the students’ attitudes

toward it. The sample of the study consisted of (120) public secondary

teachers as well as (300) secondary students from Jerash Governorate and

the random stratified sample procedure was used. To achieve the goal of the

study, the descriptive analysis model was used. The validity and reliability

of the questionnaire were checked. The results of the study showed that the

using of the Internet by public school teachers was moderate. The results

also indicated that there were statistically significant differences in using the

Internet by public school teachers according to gender and specialization

variables in favor of female and English teachers, respectively. On the other

hand, the results indicated that the attitudes of students toward internet were

moderate. Moreover, the results showed there were statistically significant

differences in the attitude of students toward their teachers’ using the Internet

in term of the stream of study variable, in favor of scientific stream. The study

recommended the necessity to integrate the Internet in the teaching and

learning process.