Do ‘we’ really live in rapidly changing times? Questions concerning time, childhood, technology and education

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Gibbons
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Early Education ◽  
Albert Camus ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Cause And Effect ◽  
Technology And Education ◽  
Changing Times ◽  
The Times

The arrival of digital media in early education appears to have been both the cause and effect of an idea of a universal experience of rapidly changing time. In this article, the role and purpose of the phrase ‘we live in rapidly changing times’ is of critical concern. The phrase is questioned in order to avoid taking its meaning for granted, arguing for an openness to the ways in which such a phrase might impact on teaching and learning, adulthood and childhood, education and school. The article engages with time as a universalising and colonising experience, and looks at how the times and time are talked about in particular ways and for particular purposes. The analysis in this article theorises time in relation to technology, economics, development and the broader politics of progress. These ideas are situated as critical to how the times are seen as rapidly changing. In exploring a range of texts and contexts, the article makes apparent the politics of the phrase. The article argues for questioning and resisting claims regarding the times on the grounds that studying and teaching childhood and technology will be more open to the ways in which their educational subjectivities are constructed. The article concludes with a turn to resistance to ideas about the inevitability of the times in which the teacher finds herself. Looking briefly at the writing of Albert Camus, strategies for resistance are offered that promote to teachers the idea of playing with time.

scholarly journals Penguatan Pendidikan Karakter Melalui Inovasi Media Pembelajaran Berbasis Digital di MAN I Lamongan

AKADEMIKA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurotun Mumtahanah ◽  
Ahmad Suyuthi
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Development Education ◽  
School Programs ◽  
Changing Times ◽  
The Times

Abstract: In its development, education and educational institutions must innovate to meet the needs of changing times, the efforts of educational institutions to create and innovate become a necessity and education must be able to keep up with the times. The innovations made by educational institutions are to achieve educational goals for example the competencies that must be mastered by students. In achieving these competencies, it is required capabilities of transmitting so that these competencies could be mastered well by students. One of the educational institution innovating in education and learning is MAN I Lamongan. This research is aimed at finding out digital-based learning media innovation in the development of character education in MAN I Lamongan. Data obtained that digital-based learning media innovation in the development of character education in MAN 1 Lamongan is reflected in three parts. First, The vision and mission of MAN 1 Lamongan; second, learning process by using slides, projected dynamic visuals, prints, games, realia, positive Internet; and third, the Islamic boarding school programs (Ma'had) for male and female students that include the Adiwiyata School Program, the ISO Program, the Prodistic Program equivalent to D1 in collaboration with the Ma'had.Keywords: Innovation, learning media, digital media, character education

scholarly journals extent of tablet computer use in New Zealand's early childhood education services

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 76-94
Author(s):  
Luke Santamaria ◽  
Sue Cherrington ◽  
Mary-Jane Shuker
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Tablet Computer ◽  
Tablet Computers ◽  
Collective Case Study ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Home Based

In 2017, New Zealand’s revised curriculum for early childhood education, Te Whāriki, expanded reference to the use of technology for teaching and learning to include digital media and related devices. This article reports findings from a doctoral study about tablet computer use among New Zealand’s four major early childhood service types: education and care centres, home-based services, kindergartens, and playcentres. Data were gathered in 2017, initially through a national survey, followed by a collective case study. Seven services participated in the collective case study which was designed to explain the results of the survey. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyse survey data while cross-case analysis was used to identify themes from the responses from each service in the collective case study. The results are presented according to two categories of respondents, services who classified themselves as non-users and services who were using tablet computers for teaching and learning at the time of the survey. The national survey results revealed that more than half of the services did not use tablets. Non-users’ reasons for not using tablet computers are discussed considering findings from both quantitative and qualitative phases of the study. Services who used tablets did so for a variety of reasons, including for documentation and assessment, to support children’s learning and teaching work. Qualitative data regarding policies or guidelines for staff about the use of and access to digital media, teachers’ and educators’ learning for how to use touchscreen tablets for teaching and learning, as well as services’ preferences on the facilitation of children’s tablet use are also presented. An important issue uncovered in this study was the use of personal tablets within ECE services. Among non-users, teachers and educators from more than half of home-based services and playcentres used their personally owned tablet computers, raising concerns about cybersafety and screen time. Many user services did not have formal guidelines or policies regarding tablet use. The data suggest that some services relied on the use of teachers’ and educators’ personally owned tablets. Implications arising from the findings of this study are explored, including the relevance of using digital technology for supporting distance learning and learning at home as a result of the global Covid-19 pandemic.

The Design and Application of Dynamic Symbol

2013 ◽  
Vol 442 ◽  
pp. 645-649
Author(s):  
Jing Wen Huang ◽  
Kun Qian Wang ◽  
Pei Hao Chen ◽  
Jian Bao ◽  
Pei Zhi Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Visual Language ◽  
Language Design ◽  
Media Art ◽  
Dynamic Design ◽  
Special Effects ◽  
Design Time ◽  
Design Philosophy ◽  
Dynamic Symbol ◽  
The Times

With the development of digital media art,the modern sign emerges as the times require. This article mainly discusses the design philosophy of dynamic symbol in modern signs ,covering two aspects on visual language design ( dynamic design,time design and The special effects design ) and auditory language design ,and how to properly apply the dynamic symbol into propaganda of local Corporate Logo and boot animation.

scholarly journals Music in Informal and formal learning situations in ECEC

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morten Sæther
Keyword(s):  
Informal Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
Outdoor Activities ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Professional Educators ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Education And Care ◽  
Practical Experiences ◽  
Theory Research

The aim of this article is, through theory, research and practical experiences, to discuss how informal teaching and learning situations exemplified by activities including music plays a part in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). The theoretical frame in this article is based on perspectives on informal teaching and learning in music and in general (Green 2002, 2008; Henze, 2009; Folkestad, 2006; Mak, 2007). The tradition in Norwegian ECEC centers has been based on informal learning processes mainly through social interaction, play, dialogs, aesthetical and outdoor activities in everyday life. ECEC teachers challenged to articulate Informal teaching and learning as professional educators. In light of that statement it is introduced, theoretical perspectives and studies of professions (Abbott, 1988; Grimen, 2008; Heggen, 2008; Polanyi, 2002). The author describes and discusses opportunities of music in ECEC centers and how music can contribute learning in informal learning situations. The discussion refers narrative episodes from observations of ECEC practice. Methodology is based on thematic analysis inspired of  Riessman (2008) and Polkinghorne (1995).

scholarly journals Biography, policy and language teaching practices in a multilingual context: Early childhood classrooms in Mauritius

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Aruna Ankiah-Gangadeen ◽  
Michael Anthony Samuel
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
African Country ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Primary Teachers ◽  
Language Policies ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Implementation Level

Language policies in education in multilingual postcolonial contexts are often driven by ideological considerations more veered towards socio-economic and political viability for the country than towards the practicality at implementation level. Centuries after the advent of colonisation, when culturally and linguistically homogenous countries helped to maintain the dominion of colonisers, the English language still has a stronghold in numerous countries due to the material rewards it offers. How then are the diversity of languages – often with different statuses and functions in society – reconciled in the teaching and learning process? How do teachers deal with the intricacies that are generated within a situation where children are taught in a language that is foreign to them? This paper is based on a study involving pre-primary teachers in Mauritius, a developing multilingual African country. The aim was to understand how their approach to the teaching of English was shaped by their biographical experiences of learning the language. The narrative inquiry methodology offered rich possibilities to foray into these experiences, including the manifestations of negotiating their classroom pedagogy in relation to their own personal historical biographies of language teaching and learning, the policy environment, and the pragmatic classroom specificities of diverse, multilingual learners. These insights become resources for early childhood education and teacher development in multilingual contexts caught within the tensions between language policy and pedagogy.

scholarly journals Designing Wayang Kulit Purwa with Gatotkaca as the Character in Game

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nunnun Bonafix
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Experience Design ◽  
Solid Foundation ◽  
The Times ◽  
Wayang Kulit ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Modern Era

Young generation nowadays has lack of knowledge on the culture of shadow puppet (wayang kulit) which is a heritage that has a high value of art and philosophy. This is caused by the impact of foreign cultures rapidly entering Indonesia. The rapid development of the information technology through internet & game has led to globalization that seems to be not limited to space and time. The speed of information and foreign cultures cannot be stopped. The culture of shadow puppet (wayang kulit) is getting eroded and is not much known by the modern society nowadays. This is an irony to a big nation which has a rich heritage, so it is our obligation as a citizen to maintain and preserve it. Based on the formulae of AIGA 2015 that defines (time + content + context) / time = experience design, the game of wayang kulit (shadow puppet) Gatotkaca put forbattled different experience to users in exploring the information and entertainment in those media. Having the spirit of moderate Postmodernism, the design plan called User Interface which combines the modern and classic traditional elements will encourage new experience to the users (Experience Design). The design recognizes times and trends, and it keeps changing as the development of the times. The design can be a pace setter to next individuals who are called to maintain and preserve national cultures, in general, and wayang kulit purwa, in particular, through digital media. The development in the modern era will not change the identity of shadow puppet (wayang kulit) culture since it has solid foundation.

scholarly journals Love-Based leadership in early childhood education

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-120
Author(s):  
Satu Uusiautti ◽  
Kaarina Määttä
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Early Education ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Day Care Center ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Educational Career

A day care center is not just any place where children can spend their day while parents are at work. How to ensure that children have good childhood experiences and how to sup-port their positive development from the very beginning of their educational career? In this study, we introduce the concept of love-based leadership and discuss its role and implemen-tation in early education. Love-based leadership in early education is a method that renews teachers’ professional skills. The Finnish early childhood education system offers favorable premises for love-based leadership in early education. The method should also be included in the curriculum of future early childhood education teachers.

scholarly journals Study on the Training Needs of Teaching Staff to Provide Quality Early Childhood Education Services

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia-Loredana Tudor
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Early Education ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Education Services ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Education Strategy ◽  
Policy Measures

Early child development is related to early education, health, nutrition, and psychosocial development; therefore, the holistic concept of early approach combines elements from the area of stimulation of the child, health, nutrition, speech therapy, psychological counselling, physical development support, etc. The need for the development of integrated early education services and their extension to the area of 0-3 years are priorities of the European strategies assumed through a complex of educational policy measures, having as a priority the development of quality early education services for the benefit of all prerequisites for lowering the schooling rate (Strategy for early childhood education, Strategy for parental education, Strategy for reducing early school leaving in Romania, Study on the evaluation of public policies in the field of early childhood education - Saber Early Childhood). In this context of the development of early childhood education, numerous inequalities are identified in the implementation of European and national strategies and programs in the development of early childhood education services, supported by economic, political, social factors, etc. In order to make them compatible at European level, we consider it necessary to support training and development programs for staff providing educational services in early childhood education institutions. The purpose of this study is to acknowledge the opinion of the bodies with attributions in the pre-kindergarten and preschool education in Romania, as well as of the civil society and public opinion, as a prerequisite for identifying school policy measures and developing programs for training the teaching staff so as to be able to provide educational services in early childhood education (representatives responsible for early childhood education in school inspectorates and Houses of the Teaching Staff, teaching staff in preschool educational institutions, representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, representatives of the Social Assistance Directorate, managers of nursery schools, representatives of NGOs and other categories of organizations with experience in the field, parents and interested representatives of the civil society and public opinion). The present study is a qualitative research based on the focus-group method, but also a quantitative research by using the questionnaire-based survey, being carried out on a representative sample of 100 persons (2 focus-group of 25 persons, respectively 50 persons involved in the survey-based questionnaire). The conclusions of this study highlight the need to restructure the system of early childhood education in Romania through interventions at the legislative level and ensure a unitary system of policy and intervention in early childhood education. Also, we believe it is imperative to reorganize the training system of the human resource, by developing complementary competences of the teaching staff, adapted to the training needs of the early childhood population, ensuring a valuable inclusive and integrated intervention.

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