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ERIC Number: EJ1310238
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1090-1027
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Pre-Service Early Childhood Teachers' Attitudes and Intentions: Young Children's Use of ICT
Dong, Chuanmei; Xu, Qianqian
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, v42 n3 p203-218 2021
Pre-service early childhood teachers (PECTs) are expected to support young children's engaged and meaningful use of ICT for early learning and development. Unless teachers believe that ICT is beneficial for young children, they will be unable or unwilling to encourage and support children's use of ICT in educational environments. This paper aims to uncover PECTs' attitudes and intentions regarding young children's use of ICT through a survey on 410 PECTs in a Chinese university. The majority of the PECTs had low positive perceptions of the role of ICT for young children, whereas they expressed great willingness to support young children's use of ICT. There are considerable parameters which influence both PECTs' attitudes and intentions: ICT ownership and daily use, the frequency of ICT use, ICT professional learning or training and ICT skills. Implications for PECTs teacher education preparation were discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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