ERIC Number: EJ1345463
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Sep
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0957 7572
EISSN: EISSN-1573-1804
Characterizations of Preschool Technology Education: Analyses of Seven Individual Preschool Teachers' and Childcare Attendants' Descriptions of Their Teaching
International Journal of Technology and Design Education, v32 n4 p2003-2018 Sep 2022
In recent decades the preschool has leaned more towards a learning-oriented pedagogy, where the subject of technology has been given a more prominent place. Still, studies on how individual preschool staff members perceive and teach technology is scarce. This study shows how seven preschool staff in Sweden describe their work with the subject of technology and how technology education is characterized in these descriptions. The data was produced by means of semi-structured interviews and a questionnaire and analyzed with narrative analysis. The results show very diverse practices of technology education, implying the learning possibilities for children in different preschools are not equal. Some of the staff describe a clear and conscious teaching of technology, while others describe teaching what can be viewed as a limited and/or shallow technology education, where technology is sometimes used as means for learning other subjects or contents rather than being the learning objective. Six ways to characterize technology education was found, namely: technology education (1) concerns technological objects and systems in children's environment, (2) concerns learning to handle technological objects, (3) is doing experiments, (4) involves developing abilities, (5) is naturally included in children's play and (6) departs from digital technology.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Technology Education, Child Caregivers, Teacher Attitudes, Self Concept, Caregiver Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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