Early childhood distance learning in the US during the COVID pandemic: Challenges and opportunities

TG Ford, KA Kwon, JD Tsotsoros - Children and Youth Services Review, 2021 - Elsevier
Considered a “frontline” organization, some early childhood education (ECE) centers
remained open during the COVID pandemic, others were temporarily closed, while still …

Teachers' beliefs about technology integration in early childhood education: A meta-ethnographical synthesis of qualitative research

P Mertala - Computers in Human Behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
There is a body of evidence suggesting that instead of concentrating only on teaching and
learning (the education task), teachers believe that their tasks are to care for their students …

Are early childhood teachers ready for digital transformation of instruction in Mainland China? A systematic literature review

W Luo, IR Berson, MJ Berson, H Li - Children and Youth Services Review, 2021 - Elsevier
This review aims to synthesize existing studies to understand whether Chinese early
childhood teachers are ready for digital transformation of their instruction and to describe …

Digital technologies in early childhood education–a frame analysis of preservice teachers' perceptions

P Mertala - Early Child Development and Care, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Research on early childhood teachers' perceptions of technology integration has been
criticized for not paying enough attention to the unique pedagogical characteristics of early …

Wag the dog–The nature and foundations of preschool educators' positive ICT pedagogical beliefs

P Mertala - Computers in Human Behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
It has become evident that the vast majority of early childhood educators feel positive about
using ICT with children. However, as they are found to have had no or only a little training or …

Developing the teacher self-efficacy scale in the Use of ICT at Home for Pre-school Distance Education during Covid-19

AİC Gözüm, Ş Metin, H Uzun, NH Karaca - Technology, Knowledge and …, 2023 - Springer
Distance education has added a different dimension to the change in the use of ICT
(information and communication technologies) in the early childhood education paradigms …

'Young children nowadays are very smart in ICT'–preschool teachers' perceptions of ICT use

C Dong - International Journal of Early Years Education, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
With the ubiquitous presence of ICT in the contemporary world, preschool teachers are
expected to integrate ICT into their curricula and pedagogical practices. This paper reports …

What is educational technology and how is it being used to support teaching and learning in the early years?

C Jack, S Higgins - International Journal of Early Years Education, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
There are many digital technologies available to support teaching and learning. Historically
the focus has tended to be on computers, but this has extended to include interactive …

Preschool teachers' perceptions and pedagogical practices: Young children's use of ICT

C Dong - Early Child Development and Care, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT ICT has been widely introduced to early childhood programs for young children
to learn and play, but the meaningful integration of ICT into early learning and development …

Smartphone como herramienta de enseñanza-aprendizaje en Educación Superior en Nicaragua

F López-Noguero, T Romero-Díaz, JA Gallardo López - 2023 - rodin.uca.es
El progreso de la tecnología aplicada al campo de la educación está permitiendo su
integración en el desarrollo de actividades académicas de Educación Superior …