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Croatian Journal of Education : Hrvatski časopis za odgoj i obrazovanje, Vol. 26 No. 3, 2024.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v26i3.5420

Preschool Teachers’ Views on the Use of Digital Technologies in Working with Preschool Children

Biljana Novković Cvetković orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-7008 ; University of Niš, Pedagogical Faculty in Vranje
Ana Spasić Stošić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-4334-5642 ; University of Niš, Pedagogical Faculty in Vranje
Ivana Tasić Mitić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-9166-3157 ; University of Niš, Pedagogical Faculty in Vranje
Aleksandar Stojadinović orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-8102-5423 ; University of Niš, Pedagogical Faculty in Vranje

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Abstract

Digital technologies have been used in the classroom at all levels of education formany years. Their use came to the fore especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.As an integral part of the system of institutional education, preschool education isa field in which their use is also necessary in order to ensure a complete process ofcare, upbringing, education and an integrated approach to learning. In this regard,the goal of the present research was to determine the views of preschool teachers onthe use of digital technologies in the classroom, with a special focus on the contentof speech development, environmental education and music education. Despite thenecessity of their use, the results of the research indicate that preschool teachers applydigital technologies to an insufficient extent when working with children of preschoolage. According to the respondents’ opinions regarding the field of speech development,prose literary texts and language games are the most suitable to be used with thesetechnologies. When it comes to environmental education, the use of digital technologiesgives the best results when learning about animals and plants. When teaching musiceducation, listening to music and children’s music games are the most suitable activitiesto be taught using digital technologies.

Keywords

digital technologies; environmental education; music education; preschooleducation; speech development

Hrčak ID:

322418

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/322418

Publication date:

25.9.2024.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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