Program for Developing the Skills of Using Smart Board for Elementary Islamic Studies Teachers in the Elementary School

Abstract

The current purpose of this research is to identify the effectiveness of a proposed training program in developing the skills of the smart board in forensic science teachers in the primary school. To achieve this goal, a training program has been designed, which includes the skills of using the smart board that must be exist in forensic science teachers in the primary school, and then measuring its effectiveness in developing the skills of using the smart board. A research tool was prepared and used, which is the observation card to evaluate the performance of forensic science teachers in the primary school in light of the skills of using the smart board. The research sample consisted of (16) teachers to apply the observation card on them; while all of them are forensic science teachers in Abha city in the Directorate of Teaching in Aseer region. The researcher used the descriptive approach to design and build the training program, and the semi-experimental approach (one-set system) to apply the research experiment. The research tool (observation card) was applied _in advance_ on the research sample; in order to identify the level of their performance in using the skills of the smart board, and afterwards; in order to identify the differences between the pre- and post-application of the research tool. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences at (0.05) between the average score of the forensic science teachers in the use of the smart board skills in both pre- and post- application of the observation card in favor of the post application. Results also revealed the effectiveness of the training course in developing the skills of using the smartboard in the forensic science teachers in the primary school. In the light of the results above, the researcher presented some recommendations and proposals, the most important of which are: Preparing and Training of forensic science teachers on using the modern techniques in the forensic science teaching and Preparing some training programs and projects that include educational and academic aspects that enable them to do so, as well as encouraging supervisors and educational departments to provide the forensic science teachers with the opportunity to use and include them in forensic science teaching methods.