The challenges of using a smart board from the point of view of primary school principals in the 2nd district of Zanjan city

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fariba damrchily ¹ , zohre rasteghariyan ² , Mina Karimi ³

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences (Educational Management), Islamic Azad University, Khodabandeh Branch, Zanjan, Iran
2 - Zohre. rastegharian , Educational Technology, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan branch, Zanjan, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Khodabandeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khodabandeh, Iran

Received: 2024-01-24 Accepted : 2024-07-02 Published : 2025-12-03

Keywords: challenges, smart board, equipment and infrastructure, time limit and training,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research was to investigate the challenges of using smart board from the point of view of principals of primary schools in District 2 of Zanjan. The method of this research was mixed (qualitative-quantitative). In the qualitative part, the interview method had been used and the interview will continue until reaching theoretical saturation. In this research, after interviewing 20 principals of elementary schools with smart boards, the researcher reached theoretical saturation. In the quantitative part, the statistical population includes 59 principals of elementary schools with smart boards in District 2of Zanjan, and a non-random and purposeful sampling method is available, and due to the small size of the population, the number of samples is equal to the number of the population. and there are 59 people. In order to collect research data, a researcher-made questionnaire was designed using the data obtained from the qualitative section and previous information, and the data collected through the questionnaire was analyzed using the statistical method of structural equation analysis. The results of this research showed that the challenges of using the smart board from the point of view of the principals of elementary schools in Zanjan District 2 include: equipment and infrastructure, lack of sufficient training, motivation and time limit, and equipment and infrastructure have the highest priority respectively. and the educational limitation has the lowest priority, also the results of the research indicated that the challenges of using the smart board have a good fit

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