Obstacles to the Usage of Educational Technologies in kindergartens in Palestine from the Educators’ Viewpoint

Abstract

The study aimed to find out the obstacles to using educational technology in kindergartens in Palestine from the kindergartens' educators' viewpoint. The study followed the descriptive-analytical approach. The population comprises (262) Kindergartens' educators in Salfit governorate, while the sample consisted of (131) picked randomly at a rate of (50%) from the population. The questionnaire was adopted as a study tool. Results revealed that: The majority of kindergartens in Palestine face several obstacles to the use of educational technology.There are no statistically significant differences between the opinions of kindergarten educators on obstacles of educational technology utilization due to the variables (specialty, years of experience, marital status). There are statistically significant differences of obstacles of educational technologies usage in kindergartens due to the variable educational qualification.