Childcare Directors' Comfort and Interest in Technology and Professional Development

Autor/in	Burris, Jade
Titel	Childcare Directors' Comfort and Interest in Technology and Professional Development
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Education, 29 (2020) 2, S.1-25 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1083-6470
Schlagwörter	Child Care Centers; Early Childhood Education; Educational Quality; Educational Improvement; Administrators; Administrator Attitudes; Interests; Technological Literacy; Technology Integration; Work Environment; Access to Computers; Professional Development; Program Effectiveness; Standards; Rating Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Bildungsinteresse; Technisches Wissen; Arbeitsmilieu; Standard; Rating-Skala
Abstract	The training and education of childcare directors is ever more important with the increasing demands of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS). QRIS have become the standard method in the United States for evaluating and assigning program-level quality status in early childhood education and the process is almost always managed by the director of a program. Childcare directors need to be prepared to complete their day-to-day work tasks while also guiding the quality improvement journey for their program, which in many ways now requires the use of technology. To better understand how these demands are being met and in what ways existing professional development (PD) is supporting the acquisition of these new skills, this study examined directors' comfort with technology use at work and interest in technology-based professional development resources and supports. The findings indicate directors are interested in technology-mediated PD but the degree to which directors are comfortable with technology is related to the type of program they work in and that existing supports require further individualization beyond what is currently available. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Eastern Educational Research Association. George Watson, Marshall University, One John Marshall Drive, College of Education and Professional Development, Huntington, WV 25755. e-mail: eerajournal@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.eeraorganization.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01