| Summary: | 碩士 === 朝陽科技大學 === 幼兒保育系碩士班 === 94 === The purpose of the study was to apply education theories into practice by integrating information technology into language curriculum at a public kindergarten classroom in Taichung City. The teacher, as a researcher, using action research approach through observation, interview, document/data gathering and analysis to explore how a kindergarten teacher can take advantages of information technology to promote young children’s language learning.
The findings of the study are stated as follows:
1.On the basis of themes of the curriculum and the challenges the teacher faced, this action research study was divided into five phases. In each phases, the content of the curriculum, activities, challenges as well as the solutions are documented and recorded.
2.Challenges the teacher faced in the process of information technology integration curriculum can be concluded into two parts: hardware and software problems, and teaching related problems.
3.For young children, the self-made storybooks and the teacher’s scaffolding were helpful in their story comprehension and writing. In addition, the creation of self-made storybooks can facilitate young children’s emergent literacy.
4.Young children’s responses to information technology integration curriculum were positive, and were able to use technology to solve problems. They are also capable of searching data on the internet under the teacher’s assistance. Young children’s reactions to the computer corner are concluded into two parts: verbal interactions, and gesture responses. Basically, they were fond of the computer corner but did not like to play alone at the computer corner, and tended to discuss and tutor other in the computer corner, while occasionally exhibiting bullying behavior at the computer corner.
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