Integration of Digital Technologies into Play-Based Pedagogy in Kuwaiti Early Childhood Education: Teachers' Views, Attitudes and Aptitudes

Autor/inn/en	Aldhafeeri, Fayiz; Palaiologou, Ioanna; Folorunsho, Aderonke
Titel	Integration of Digital Technologies into Play-Based Pedagogy in Kuwaiti Early Childhood Education: Teachers' Views, Attitudes and Aptitudes
Quelle	In: International Journal of Early Years Education, 24 (2016) 3, S.342-360 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0966-9760
DOI	10.1080/09669760.2016.1172477
Schlagwörter	Teacher Attitudes; Early Childhood Education; Foreign Countries; Information Technology; Play; Teaching Methods; Statistical Analysis; Questionnaires; Technological Literacy; Preschool Teachers; Technology Integration; Statistical Data; Kuwait + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Ausland; Informationstechnologie; Spiel; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Statistische Analyse; Fragebogen; Technisches Wissen; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule
Abstract	Scholars in the field of early childhood education are still debating the inclusion of digital technologies in play-based pedagogy and our understanding of digital play in early childhood education is still developing. This research paper examines early childhood education teachers' views, aptitudes and attitudes towards digital technologies in their personal lives and in the classroom practices in Kuwait. This is a quantitative study in which 195 teachers completed a questionnaire designed around the key themes of the investigation in an attempt to understand how teachers are positioning themselves in terms of a play-based pedagogy and digital technologies. The key findings demonstrated that although the Kuwaiti teachers are competent users of digital technologies in their personal lives and the Kuwaiti classrooms have been digitalised to a large extent, the teachers are still hesitant in embedding these in their curriculum practices. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01