Weak technological mastery of the student teacher at the College of Education at King Khalid University and its impact on his academic performance in field education

The research aimed to find out the technological weaknesses of the student teacher at the College of Education - King Khalid University, and the reasons for this weakness, and to present proposals aimed at addressing it among students during the period of practical education.
Research Methodology:
The descriptive analytical approach was used as it was the most appropriate to the nature of the research and to achieve its objectives, by conducting analytical research on the importance of educational techniques and technological empowerment among students of the College of Education - King Khalid University. The experimental method was also used in the form of using one group design in its conduct according to the nature of the research.
The research sample:
The research sample consisted of (30) students from eighth-level bachelor’s students who study the “Teaching Means and Techniques” course in the second semester of the year 1440-1441 AH / 2020/2021 AD.
Research results:
The validity and reliability of the tools were confirmed by appropriate statistical methods, and after conducting the statistical analysis process, the results showed a decline in the level of achievement and cognitive and performance tasks for students about educational technology, where the percentage of students who excelled was only 31%, and the majority of students were average, reaching 69%. It was also found that there is a weakness in the reality of using and employing educational technologies, especially the modern ones, as the rates of student employment of some computer programs in the educational process were very modest, and in light of the results the researcher presented many recommendations and proposals to treat this weakness in the cognitive and performance tasks and technological mastery and the employment of educational techniques In education in schools during field training.