Digitizing Inquiry-Based Science in Early Elementary Grades

2021 ◽  
pp. 285-311
Author(s):  
Anne E. Karabon ◽  
Chelsi Janicek
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Science Inquiry ◽  
Elementary Grades ◽  
Traditional Curriculum ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Instructional Videos ◽  
3Rd Grade

Education was disrupted this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Similar to societal shifts, teachers were nimble to quickly adapt to a distanced or remote context by recreating traditional curriculum as virtual content. By leveraging digital technology to transform learning experiences, early childhood educators may see beneficial results in how children and families embrace science inquiry in a virtual context. This chapter describes how digitized inquiry activities can be developed by early childhood teachers (PreK-3rd grade) in response to teaching and learning in a distance and remote learning context, with an in-depth description of a 3rd grade teachers' experience. The authors, in a scholarly conversational manner, discuss what was learned in the process of creating the virtual science instructional videos and provide ideas for others to engage in the creation of high-quality virtual learning experiences for young children.

scholarly journals Living with Tensions: Stories of Chinese Early Childhood Teachers’ Teaching and Learning Experiences in the Contemporary Urban Chinese Context

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jing Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Chinese Context ◽  
Personal Practical Knowledge ◽  
Teachers Experiences

<p>This narrative inquiry explores 6 Chinese early childhood teachers’ teaching and learning experiences in Shanghai and Beijing, where Chinese and Western educational ideas and practices co-exist. Interviews with teachers, kindergarten directors, and parents, and participatory observations and collected documents are analysed and interpreted to reveal the teachers’ experiences of being both teacher and learner in the contemporary urban Chinese context. The teachers’ experiences and voices are at the centre of this study and are represented in poetic format. The themes emerging from the teachers’ poems are discussed alongside relevant literature in order to gain in-depth understanding of each teacher’s teaching and learning experience in specific kindergarten contexts. Emerging themes embody the reality of teaching and learning, professional learning in the embedded community of practice, and the teachers’ professional and personal selves. Tensions and challenges the teachers faced in teaching and learning are identified. The enabling and constraining factors that may deskill, re-skill, or empower the teachers are discussed. The teachers’ stories suggest that they experience tensions between the multiple and contradicting educational ideas; the embedded kindergarten community’s interpretation of teaching and learning at multiple levels; the teachers’ personal practical knowledge; and their life as a multifaceted human being. The research suggests the need for kindergarten directors, scholars and policymakers to pay attention to the dynamic relationships between a kindergarten’s structure, curriculum, pedagogy, images of the child, teachers’ personal practical knowledge, professional learning, and teachers’ inner selves and agency.</p>

scholarly journals Living with Tensions: Stories of Chinese Early Childhood Teachers’ Teaching and Learning Experiences in the Contemporary Urban Chinese Context

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jing Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Chinese Context ◽  
Personal Practical Knowledge ◽  
Teachers Experiences

<p>This narrative inquiry explores 6 Chinese early childhood teachers’ teaching and learning experiences in Shanghai and Beijing, where Chinese and Western educational ideas and practices co-exist. Interviews with teachers, kindergarten directors, and parents, and participatory observations and collected documents are analysed and interpreted to reveal the teachers’ experiences of being both teacher and learner in the contemporary urban Chinese context. The teachers’ experiences and voices are at the centre of this study and are represented in poetic format. The themes emerging from the teachers’ poems are discussed alongside relevant literature in order to gain in-depth understanding of each teacher’s teaching and learning experience in specific kindergarten contexts. Emerging themes embody the reality of teaching and learning, professional learning in the embedded community of practice, and the teachers’ professional and personal selves. Tensions and challenges the teachers faced in teaching and learning are identified. The enabling and constraining factors that may deskill, re-skill, or empower the teachers are discussed. The teachers’ stories suggest that they experience tensions between the multiple and contradicting educational ideas; the embedded kindergarten community’s interpretation of teaching and learning at multiple levels; the teachers’ personal practical knowledge; and their life as a multifaceted human being. The research suggests the need for kindergarten directors, scholars and policymakers to pay attention to the dynamic relationships between a kindergarten’s structure, curriculum, pedagogy, images of the child, teachers’ personal practical knowledge, professional learning, and teachers’ inner selves and agency.</p>

Growing Healthy Minds, Bodies, and Communities: Early childhood teachers’ perceptions of a nutrition-integrated pilot curriculum

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Alicia Cooper Stapp ◽  
Gerogianna Mann ◽  
Laurel Lambert ◽  
Kenya Wolff
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Learning Collaborative ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Hands On Learning ◽  
Flexible Schedule

Abstract Objective: Healthy eating behaviors are often developed early in life, yet nutrition is rarely emphasized in early childhood education. Integration of nutrition into academic content is warranted, still, its ability to positively impact teaching and learning has been understudied. Therefore, this study explored the feasibility of application in the classroom and the perceived usability of a nutrition-integrated pilot curriculum. Design: Early childhood teachers’ perceptions of four nutrition-integrated lessons were explored through a qualitative research approach. Data were collected through pre- and post-focus groups, lesson observations, and teacher feedback. Focus group transcripts were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis and supplemented with observations and lesson feedback. Setting: This pilot study took place in Northwest Mississippi at three preschools which are part of the Mississippi Early Learning Collaborative. Participants: A non-probability convenience sample was utilized to acquire participants. Ten early childhood teachers and 132 Pre-K4 students participated in the study. Results: Three themes emerged and were categorized accordingly: (a) preconceived concern of the unknown versus experienced reality; (b) promoting buy-in and engagement through hands-on learning experiences; and (c) manifestation of perceived prioritization. Conclusions: Nutrition-integrated lessons were reported to be creative, facilitate positive food behaviors, and highly engaging for teachers and children. Concerns for new and unfamiliar curriculum were noted but could be alleviated with more detailed instructions. Future nutrition-integrated curriculum efforts should include detailed video instructions and offer a gradual and flexible schedule allowing teacher autonomy in how to prioritize implementation.

scholarly journals Creating Children’s Spaces, Children Co-Creating Place

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Green ◽  
Michelle Turner
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
Alternative Possibilities ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Scholarly Writing ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Codes Of Practice ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>In this article, we respond to Fleer’s (2003) challenge for the need to continue to critically examine the discourses, the codes of practice, the theoretical perspectives and conceptual lenses of early childhood and “question what we have inherited, the histories that we re-enact with each generation of early childhood teachers, and to deconstruct the ‘taken-for-granted’ practices that plague our field” (p. 65). Although we are drawing on Fleer’s scholarly writing from more than 10 years ago, this special issue of the journal suggests that critical examination is ongoing and remains important at the forefront of our work in the early childhood field. Our focus is the environment, the space for play in early childhood education. Rather than add to the numerous de nitions of play, this article aims to offer place as a conceptual lens through which to consider the early play environment, and exemplifes alternative possibilities when researching and/or teaching and learning with children, their families, and the community. </span></p></div></div></div></div>

scholarly journals Optimalisasi Pemanfaatan Internet Untuk Peningkatan Kualitas Guru dan Mutu Pembelajaran Pada Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Flourensia Sapty Rahayu ◽  
Findra Kartika Sari Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Types Of Information

Abstract. Internet is one of the types of information technology can be utilized to facilitate and improve the quality of human life in various aspects. In the field of education, wide open opportunities the Internet can be used to improve the quality of teachers and quality of teaching and learning process. This study attempted to get an idea about the condition of Internet used by teachers of Early Childhood Education and give solutions that can be used by the community of early childhood educators. The solutions we give are (1) socialize the use of the Internet for early childhood teachers in Indonesia so that they can dig their own needs that can be obtained from the Internet, (2) procure computer for teachers so they will have access to the Internet, and (3) construct a portal that can be used as a community center of early childhood teachers in Indonesia. Keywords: Early Childhood Education, portal, Internet utilization, quality of teachers, quality of teaching and learning process Abstrak. Internet merupakan salah satu jenis Teknologi Informasi yang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk mempermudah dan meningkatkan kualitas hidup manusia dalam berbagai aspek. Dalam bidang pendidikan, terbuka luas peluang Internet dapat digunakan untuk meningkatkan kualitas guru dan kualitas proses belajar mengajar. Penelitian ini berusaha untuk mendapatkan gambaran tentang kondisi pemanfaatan Internet oleh para pendidik Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini (PAUD) dan selanjutnya memberikan solusi yang dapat digunakan oleh komunitas pendidik anak usia dini. Solusi yang penulis berikuan adalah (1) melakukan sosialisasi tentang pemanfaatan Internet untuk para guru PAUD se-Indonesia sehingga mereka dapat menggali sendiri kebutuhan-kebutuhan mereka yang bisa didapatkan dari Internet, (2) pengadaan komputer untuk guru di seluruh Indonesia. Pengadaan ini diperlukan supaya guru-guru mendapat kemudahan dalam mengakses Internet, dan (3) pembangunan sebuah portal yang dapat digunakan sebagai pusat komunitas guru PAUD se-Indonesia.Kata Kunci: Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini (PAUD), portal, pemanfaatan Internet, kualitas guru, kualitas proses belajar mengajar

Teachers as Brokers

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 622-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Mentha ◽  
Amelia Church ◽  
Jane Page
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Education And Care

This paper explores a small sample of Australian early childhood teachers’ perceptions of the rights-based conceptsparticipationandagency. We recognise and reconcile some of the perceived tensions between the debates on participation and protection and how these play out in the teaching and learning spaces of early childhood education. Teachers’ reflections on these concepts in relation to practice are highly significant to the field, connecting the concepts of children’s rights to the reality of everyday practices in early childhood education and care settings. As brokers or conduits to participation in early learning environments, a better understanding of teacher’s professional stance enables opportunities for young children to be better heard. An understanding of complexities and relatedness within these settings, can lead to more consistent and clear policy implementation.

scholarly journals IbM PEMBELAJARAN RAMAH ANAK BAGI ORANG TUA DAN GURU TK-PAUD DI KEC. GODONG KABUPATEN GROBOGAN

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Ismatul Khasanah ◽  
Aries Tika Damayani ◽  
Qoriati Mushafanah ◽  
Venty .
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Family Role ◽  
Central Factor ◽  
The Family ◽  
Child Friendly ◽  
Kindergarten Educators

Abstract Children are a gift from the Almighty so that every person who shall be blessed with a child to love , guide , provide the best education and welfare efforts in accordance with the ability of the child's parents have since also the future of the family role of the teacher is also a central factor that will deliver learners . Analysis of the situation described above , we can identify some partner issues , among others : 1 ) Potential - kindergarten early childhood teachers in the district are still in need of assistance Godong in improving skills in educating children . So it takes a child-friendly learning activities for parents to students to be smart and love to learn . 2 ) lack of skills in using instructional media in AUD. 3 ) Lack of storytelling skills / storytelling for children . Storytelling is a skill that must be honed so often the message will be delivered at the time told me to be accepted by the students . Ape is as a medium for membelajarkan children to play and learn fun activities and messages to be delivered to be well received by the students . The role of the teacher is also a central factor that will lead learners . Skills necessary to educate very very well to the teaching and learning activities for children early childhood / kindergarten , educators are required to understand the child's character and desire not the desire of parents . Keywords :IbM, Friendly teaching children, parents and teachers

scholarly journals Injecting New Perspective, Meaning and Relevance into the Philosophy of Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Munyoki Mwinzi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Philosophy Of Education ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Educational Theory ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
New Perspective

The philosophy of education is both an activity and a process which is envisaged to underpin and evaluate pedagogical events and activities in terms of what is taught, how it is taught, who is taught, and the process of teaching and learning. Educational theory is a compound concept that refers to the purpose of learning in terms of its totality of applying, interpreting, and integrating teaching and learning experiences. The practice of education includes the process of converting ideas into reality within the learning context. The purpose of any philosophy of education is central in education because it envisages examining the significance of that which is taught. This study seeks to assess how current educational theory, policy and practice can correlate with the philosophy of education at all levels of education.

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