Study of student's required skills in information and communication technology for the effectiveness of middle school curriculum courses from teachers and experts viewpoints

This study reviews the teachers and experts’ viewpoints on students’ required information and communication technology (ICT) skills for effectiveness of middle school curriculum courses. Using Morgan’s table, out of 11010 teachers, 317 were selected and of 130 experts 37 were selected. All the research population belonged to the nineteen districts in Tehran. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire using the World Foundation ICDL questionnaire. The reliability was confirmed according to Cronbach's alpha (93%). Data was analyzed by Chi-Square, one-way ANOVA, Tukey, LSD and Mann Whitney. The study shows that from teachers and ICT experts viewpoints, four ICT modules: Web browsing and e-mail, Using the Computer and Managing Files, Power point and Word processor have priority importance of education. Basic concepts of hardware and IT had second priority. Using databases and spreadsheets modules had the third priority. Meanwhile, skills priority in all seven modules was determined. No significant differences were observed between teachers and experts viewpoint.