ERIC Number: EJ1217467
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Mar
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1836-9391
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Enhancing the Learning of Technology in Early Childhood Settings
Fox-Turnbull, Wendy
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, v44 n1 p76-90 Mar 2019
This article describes a study of early childhood teachers' understanding of teaching and learning in children 4 and 5 years of age in technology education. The research aimed at assisting teachers' understanding of learning in technology using a developed framework. This study investigated the development of dispositions and attitudes including the building of children's confidence and self-belief in their capabilities, within four aspects of learning and across five predetermined behaviours relevant to technology education. The study employed qualitative research methods to assist teachers with the use of an observation and conversation framework aimed to improve their ability to assess formatively their children and their own ability to give specific feedback. Observations and interviews were used to gauge teachers' developed understandings of children's learning in technology. The study shows that the framework used benefitted teachers and children. It allowed for insight into understanding how and what children learn in technology and teachers' understanding of technology.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Young Children, Child Development, Self Efficacy, Formative Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Teacher Student Relationship, Observation, Technology Education, Foreign Countries, Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Learning Processes, Child Behavior, Questioning Techniques, 21st Century Skills, Preschool Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England); New Zealand; Sweden (Stockholm)
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