"Blended Learning" for the Little Ones

Autor/in	Barshay, Jill
Titel	"Blended Learning" for the Little Ones
Quelle	In: Education Week, 31 (2011) 9, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Blended Learning; Charter Schools; Kindergarten; Young Children; Electronic Learning; Computer Assisted Instruction; Early Childhood Education; Experiments; Teaching Methods; Computers; Elementary Education; Technology Uses in Education; Educational Technology; Arizona; California; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; Frühe Kindheit; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Erprobung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Digitalrechner; Elementarunterricht; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Unterrichtsmedien; Kalifornien
Abstract	Computer-based instruction in kindergarten classrooms can be controversial, but one Los Angeles charter school is showing promising results and plans to expand the hybrid approach. The school conducted an experiment with a teaching method called blended learning, in which students learn from computers as well as teachers. The kindergarten experiment at KIPP Empower Academy comes as some schools and districts in California, Arizona, Virginia and elsewhere are experimenting with computer-based learning in the elementary grades. Advocates of blended learning say it holds the promise of offering engaging, individualized computer instruction that allows children to move at their own pace. And, at a time when school budgets are being slashed nationwide, the new model at KIPP could help educators manage larger classes. But for the early grades, the practice can be controversial as well. Computer instruction in kindergarten classrooms is occasionally used by some teachers as a supplement, but it's rarely used every day to substitute for traditional teacher instruction of the littlest learners. KIPP Empower is among a growing number of schools that are embracing technology-infused approaches to teaching and learning. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10