| Summary: | 博士 === 國立臺南大學 === 教育學系課程與教學碩博士班 === 104 === The purpose of this study is to construct a set of guidelines on technology use for preschool teachers in Taiwan. The guidelines could provide guidance for preschool teachers on using technology in the curriculum and instruction.
The construction of the guidelines is mainly through literature review and Delphi technique. First, the researcher explored the literatures on child development and learning theories, early childhood curricula, and guidelines related to technology use for preschool teachers. The establishment of the first draft of the guidelines was retrieved, summarized, and integrated by these guideline-related literature contents. Secondly, the researcher interviewed and consulted four experts on the modification of the framework and contents of the guidelines for the preparation of the questionnaire in the Delphi survey. Then, the researcher invited ten experts to evaluate the relevance of the content of the questionnaire and to establish the content validity of the guidelines. Finally, fourteen experts from three different fields, early childhood education scholars, educational technology scholars, as well as public and private preschool teachers and supervisors, were invited to form an expert panel. The research conducted three rounds of the Delphi survey, and gradually obtained the consensus of opinions of the expert panel, and ultimately fulfilled the construction of “The Guidelines on Technology Use for Preschool Teachers”.
The guidelines constructed by the study are grouped into three main categories; each has two subcategories. The categories are as following: “learning environments” and “technology material”, “curriculum planning” and “teaching practice”, as well as “teaching assessment” and “teacher profession”. Each category has several items, and the guidelines have thirty-one items in total. The guidelines are supported by researches and theories, conform to the situation of our country, and easy to be used in self-evaluation and implementation by the preschool teachers. The guidelines could be applied as guidance for appropriate technology use in curriculum and instruction by the preschool teachers and could be used as a reference in decision-making by the preschool supervisors.
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