Technology and Early Childhood Education: A Technology Integration Professional Development Model for Practicing Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Keengwe, Jared; Onchwari, Grace
Titel	Technology and Early Childhood Education: A Technology Integration Professional Development Model for Practicing Teachers
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Education Journal, 37 (2009) 3, S.209-218 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-3301
DOI	10.1007/s10643-009-0341-0
Schlagwörter	Constructivism (Learning); Early Childhood Education; Technology Integration; Young Children; Educational Technology; Professional Development; Teaching Methods; Technology Education; Higher Education; Workshops; Institutes (Training Programs); Summer Programs; Models + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Frühe Kindheit; Unterrichtsmedien; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Sommerakademie; Sommerkurs; Analogiemodell
Abstract	Despite the promise of technology in education, many practicing teachers are faced with multiple challenges of effectively integrating technology into their classroom instruction. Additionally, teachers who are successful incorporating educational technology into their instruction recognize that although technology tools have the potential to help children, they are not ends in themselves. This article describes a Summer Institute project that the authors facilitated in a medium sized midwest public university. The summer workshop afforded participating early childhood education teachers exciting opportunities to interact with various instructional tools and technology applications. Further, the practicing teachers explored various strategies to integrate specific technology tools into their lessons in a manner consistent with constructivist pedagogy. This article is intended to stimulate reflections on the need to adopt a suitable technology integration professional development model in early childhood education classrooms to support young learners. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10