ERIC Number: EJ1398958
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1049-4820
EISSN: EISSN-1744-5191
Feasibility of Preschool's Parent-Teacher Communication Using a Mobile App: An Action Research in a Remote Fishing Village
Chen, Ken-Zen; Lin, Yi-Hsuan
Interactive Learning Environments, v31 n7 p4619-4635 2023
Successful early childhood education requires close collaboration between parents and preschool teachers. The purpose of the study was to implement a mobile application to foster parent-teacher communication (PTC) in a remote preschool. Being the teacher of the preschool, I conducted a four-cycle action research to crystallize problems, introduce the mobile app, improve my implementation, and create this report. Twenty-two parents during Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 participated in the study. A parental survey, a think-aloud protocol with three tasks, and interviews served as evidence of implementation and ideas for future improvement. This action research contributes to leveraging practitioner research approaches to improve technology-assisted PTC in the remote preschool settings.
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Cooperation, Interpersonal Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Mediated Communication, Handheld Devices, Preschool Children, Action Research, Distance Education, Preschools, Program Implementation
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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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