The extent to which biology teachers possess digital technology skills

Abstract

The aim of the research is to identify the extent to which biology teachers possess digital technology skills. The research community is composed of female teachers who teach biology for the second intermediate grade in government daytime intermediate and secondary schools for girls affiliated with the Diyala Education Directorate / Baqubah District, numbering (16) schools for the academic year 2024-2025. The research sample represented 50% of the schools in the research community. It was chosen by simple random assignment (ideal bag), amounting to (8) schools. A scale was prepared to measure digital technology skills as a research tool, consisting of (30) paragraphs. The five alternatives were placed in front of each paragraph (applies to it, sometimes, does not apply) and the answer to the alternative that applies to it was determined by two degrees, and the alternative sometimes by one degree, while the alternative that does not apply to it was determined by zero degree for the answer to it. Thus, the total score of the scale ranges between (0-60) and its apparent and construct validity was verified. The reliability was also extracted, as it reached ( 0.89) In addition to extracting the psychometric properties of paragraphs and using the statistical bag, arithmetic averages and the hypothetical average, the results showed that biology teachers possessed an arithmetic average (48.03) higher than the hypothetical average (1). In light of the results, the researcher recommends directing the attention of officials to establish periodic educational training programs, adding digital technology skills vocabulary to colleges of education so that future teachers can use them. She also suggests conducting some similar studies for a sample of teachers in different specializations, in addition to conducting a study on a sample of students from colleges of education