The Practice of Integrating Digital Tools into the Research of Natural Phenomena in Kindergarten Children

10th International Scientific Conference Technics, Informatics and Education – TIE 2024, str. 169-173

АУТОР(И) / AUTHOR(S): Gordana Stepić , Slađana Kljajić , Slavica Simić

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DOI: 10.46793/TIE24.169S

САЖЕТАК /ABSTRACT:

Numerous studies are focused on examining the integration of digital tools into the educational process. However, only a small number of studies deal with examining the technological pedagogical knowledge (TPK) of pre-school teachers within the field of integration of digital tools in the research of natural phenomena with children. The goal of the research is to see how educators use digital tools in the research of natural phenomena during the development of a topic/project in kindergarten. Content analysis was used, and 35 stories were analyzed about topics/projects of master’s degree students of the Pre-school Teacher Training and Business Informatics College of Applied Studies–Sirmium. The reasons for starting the analyzed topics/projects were children’s interest in exploring the world around them, nature, natural phenomena and processes. The content analysis was performed on the basis of indicators of pre-school teachers’ TPK. In the pre-school teachers’ work, based on stories about topics/projects, the majority of indicators of TPK are present on a small scale. The implications of the research indicate the need to strengthen the pre-school teachers’ TPK and the need to connect this knowledge with content knowledge in order to improve the practice of integrating digital tools into research of natural phenomena with children.

КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ / KEYWORDS: 

digital tools; natural phenomena; pre-school teachers’ TPK

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