Using Technology to Address the Challenges to Effective Assessment of Young Learners who are Immigrants

2014 ◽  
pp. 280-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Ntuli ◽  
Arnold Nyarambi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Immigrant Children ◽  
Curriculum Planning ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Assessment Data ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
Effective Assessment

Assessment is an integral part of teaching and learning. Assessment data is gathered to monitor progress and developmental gains in child development and learning, to guide curriculum planning and decision making, to identify special needs, and to evaluate the effectiveness of early childhood programs. Current research indicates that assessment data gathered from children who are immigrants does not always lead to the development of effective curriculum and instruction, and the data is not reliable in identifying immigrant children with special needs. This chapter discusses the possible technologies available to mitigate the threats and challenges that continue to affect the gathering of effective assessment data from young learners who are immigrants.

scholarly journals Importance of Toy Play in Special Education for young Children: Perspectives and Approaches

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 5218-5229
Author(s):  
Aditi Deshpande ◽  
Vaibhhavi Ranavaade
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Early Childhood Special Education ◽  
Curriculum Planning ◽  
Special Needs Children ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Toy Play

Special needs children have different needs compared to typically growing children in various aspects of life. Their learning is hampered due to the difficulties they face in the normal way of learning. Special education practices have been adopting various play-based methods to address special needs children's difficulties and needs. This research reviews toy play as a learning method and its importance in young special needs children's education. The paper takes different perspectives on play and how it is characterized. A study of Toy Play taxonomies is also presented from the perspective of the learning needs of special needs children. Three prominent special education approaches are studied, and a synthesis of how to play fits into these approaches is presented. The future of toy play and further research areas is discussed. Early childhood play is a normal phenomenon that has much use in early intervention, early childhood special education, and early childhood education. Among these areas, there are still many disagreements about how to characterize and use play. These tensions jeopardize evaluation, action, and curriculum planning practices, as well as their links to science and practice. This essay examines play in early learning, early childhood special education, early childhood education, and how play is viewed and used in these settings.

scholarly journals Early Childhood Inclusion: A Postcolonial Analysis of Pre-Service Teachers' Professional Development and Pedagogy in Ghana

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Seyram Agbenyega ◽  
Sunanta Klibthong
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Curriculum Planning ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Teachers Professional Development

The purpose of this qualitative study is to make the case for organizing teaching and learning in early childhood around the concept of inclusion rather than transmission of pedagogy through fear and domination. The study explored final-year early childhood pre-service teachers' curriculum planning and evaluation processes, professional education experiences and pedagogical practices, including teacher-child relationships in three kindergartens in Cape Coast, Ghana. A blend of critical postcolonial discursive and framework analysis of data produced three themes: ‘curriculum visibility and invisibility’, ‘children as colonized bodies' and ‘pre-service teachers as voiceless identities’. The article concludes that by clarifying and establishing a realistic postcolonial identity for teacher education, positive concepts of teaching and a new image of teachers and outcomes can emerge.

Teaching and Learning Mandarin Chinese

2021 ◽  
pp. 163-180
Author(s):  
Francesca Pugh-Opher
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Mandarin Chinese ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Instructional Models ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
K 12

The advancement of new technologies in K-12 educational settings has the potential for new learner experiences and outcomes. The integration of gamification and simulation into second language learning classrooms has the potential to support language learning for young learners. This chapter explores effective ways to introduce instructional models and technological tools for immersing early childhood learners in the second language learning process. In this chapter, the author describes the need for gamified and simulated virtual technologies to facilitate the learning of Mandarin Chinese in an early childhood setting.

Learning from assessment: Improving the use of child assessment data in early childhood programs

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Brooks ◽  
Chris Blodgett ◽  
Tamara Halle ◽  
Emily Moiduddin ◽  
Dina C. Castro
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Child Assessment ◽  
Assessment Data ◽  
Early Childhood Programs

Perancangan aplikasi multi criteria decision making dalam penerimaan beasiswa kepada dosen studi lanjut STMIK Balikpapan menggunakan metode SAW

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Muslimin B ◽  
Sumardi Sumardi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Assistants ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Scholarship Recipients ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Application Decision ◽  
High Degree ◽  
New Student

 Interests and number of STMIK Balikpapan new student enrollments are increasing every year. The balance of the ratio of lecturers to students is one of the most important components in improving the quality and teaching and learning process of a university. Avoiding shortages in the number of lecturers can be realized by providing scholarship programs to alumni and teaching assistants. This study aims to build a multi criteria decision making application that can assist the Head of HRD in the process of receiving scholarships to advanced and effective study lecturers. The multi criteria decision making application developed in this study uses the SAW method. The implementation of the SAW method includes the process of evaluating the weighting of criteria, evaluating alternative weights, the matrix process, the results of decision making preferences, resulting in the weighting and ranking of each alternative candidate for the scholarship recipient. The results of the evaluation of multi-criteria application decision making in the study are expected to produce modeling with a high degree of accuracy. The results of the analysis carried out can provide alternative recommendations for prospective scholarship recipients to advanced study lecturers in STMIK Balikpapan.

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