Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v20i4.3099
Pre-service Preschool Teachers’ Opinions on Technology Education in Kindergarten
Darjo Zuljan
orcid.org/0000-0003-2374-4515
; University of Primorska, Faculty of Education
Abstract
Participation in a technological society demands deep and critical understanding of technology and its impact on each individual, the environment and society. Achieving technological literacy has become an imperative of national policies; hence, the role of education and adequate teacher training has become vital. In recent years, research in technology education has begun incorporating studies of pre-schools, but technology education in pre-schools still remains less studied. The research focuses on technological literacy of pre-service pre-school teachers. Most of them think that technology, technology education and knowledge are very important for pre-school teachers even if they consider their aptitudes to be low. Part-time students, in comparison to full-time students, exhibit higher technological literacy and more highly assess the impact of everyday technological environment on the lives of individuals, the need for technological knowledge in the lives of modern people, the importance of technology education in kindergarten, the importance of technological knowledge for quality professional work of pre-school teachers, the importance of technology education during their study at the faculty, and their own competencies in the technological field.
Keywords
full-time students; part-time students; technological literacy
Hrčak ID:
216636
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Publication date:
28.12.2018.
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