Developing Geography Curricula to Keep Pace with Technological Development on the Absorptive Capacity of School Learners
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The study aimed to identify how to develop geography curricula to keep pace with the technological development and its impact on the absorptive capacity of school learners, and the descriptive analytical approach was used. The sample of the study consisted of (150) male and female students from the second intermediate grade students in Al- Shahid Wael Secondary Schools for Girls, Al-Rafidain Integrated Secondary School, and the Al-Sahaba Integrated Secondary School affiliated to the Directorate of Salah Al-Din Education, and the study was based on a questionnaire consisting of (30) items distributed on three main topics response to the development of curricula, absorbing learners to develop curricula, employing learners to absorb them. The results of the study reached the following:
The response of geography learners in the intermediate stage in light of the development of the geography curriculum, which keeps up with the technological development to a high degree
The level of comprehension of geography learners in the intermediate stage, in light of the development of the geography curriculum in keeping with technological development, was high,
The geography learners in the intermediate stage are able to a high degree to employ their comprehension in light of the development of the geography curriculum keeping pace with the technological development,
There is a great role to play in developing the geography curriculum in the light of technological development on the learner's absorptive capacity
There are no differences between the opinions of geography teachers, regardless of their academic qualifications, about the role of developing geography curricula to keep pace with technological development on the absorptive capacity of second-grade learners,
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