Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Ph.D Student of Sport Management, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
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Professor Of Sport Management, University Of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
10.22034/jsmk.2025.66744.1099
Abstract
Given the increasing role of digital technologies in improving the quality of education and the need to improve the psychological dimensions of teachers in the modern education system, understanding how these technologies affect the empowerment of physical education teachers has become an important research need.The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of using digital technology on improving the skills and psychological level of physical education teachers in Ardabil province. The applied research method was descriptive-survey in nature. The statistical population included physical education teachers in Ardabil province (N=898). The sample size was determined as 224 people based on the Cohen method, and the sampling method was simple random. The measurement tools included the Digital Technology Questionnaire (Borklein and Wintz, 2020), Skills Development (Serlak and Kolivand, 2015), and Psychological Level (Rif, 1989). The content and face validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 10 management and entrepreneurship professors, and then the Cronbach's alpha reliability of the questionnaires was reported as 0.81 for the Digital Technology Questionnaire, 0.89 for the Skills Development Questionnaire, and 0.78 for the Psychological Level Questionnaire, respectively. To analyze the research hypotheses, structural equation modeling was used using SPSS19 and AMOS23 software. The research findings showed that digital technology has a positive and significant effect on improving skills (β = 0.21, T = 2.736, p = 0.005) and psychological level (β = 0.53, T = 5.581, p = 0.001). Also, psychological level has a positive and significant effect on skills improvement (β = 0.49, T = 6.168, p = 0.001). Based on the findings, it can be concluded that utilizing digital technology, along with paying attention to teachers' mental health, can help improve educational performance and increase the quality of teaching in the field of physical education. The innovation of this research lies in explaining the mediating role of the psychological level in the relationship between digital technology and the improvement of professional skills, which can serve as the basis for designing future-oriented and technology-based educational interventions for physical education teachers.
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