Obstacles of using information and communication technology in learning-teaching process

Aim s: Detection and recognition of the problems of changing the educational system is essential. The development of information technology needs the cooperation of all parts of educational system, but teachers and human resource planners play the main role in this regard. The purpose of this study was to investigate the problems of Information Communication Technology (ICT) use in learning-teaching process from teacher's point of view. This is a non- experimental background study. The study population consisted of all female high school teachers of public schools in Tehran in the academic year of 2009-10. Participants were 280 people selected by stratified random sampling. Data was collected by the Eskandari questionnaire and analysed by one sample T-test, independent T-test and ANOVA using SPSS 15 software. The main problems of using ICT in education were the problems related to educational items from teacher's point of view. There was significant correlation between the use of ICT and the field of study, educational experience, education level and age (p=0.01). The use of ICT should be prioritized in the Education Ministry and experts should be trained in this field. In addition, teachers should be trained in this field and clear policy making and planning and timely notification should be done with the aim of constitutionalizing the ICT use.