Mišljenja studenata predškolskog odgoja o tehnološkom obrazovanju u predškolskim ustanovama

Participation in a technological society demands deep and critical understanding of technology and its impact on each individual, the environment and society. Achieving technological literacy has become an imperative of national policies; hence, the role of education and adequate teacher training has become vital. In recent years, research in technology education has begun incorporating studies of pre-schools, but technology education in pre-schools still remains less studied. The research focuses on technological literacy of pre-service pre-school teachers. Most of them think that technology, technology education and knowledge are very important for pre-school teachers even if they consider their aptitudes to be low. Part-time students, in comparison to full-time students, exhibit higher technological literacy and more highly assess the impact of everyday technological environment on the lives of individuals, the need for technological knowledge in the lives of modern people, the importance of technology education in kindergarten, the importance of technological knowledge for quality professional work of pre-school teachers, the importance of technology education during their study at the faculty, and their own competencies in the technological field.Život u društvu u kojemu tehnologija zauzima važno mjesto zahtijeva duboko i kritičko razumijevanje tehnologije i njezina utjecaja na svakog pojedinca, okolinu i društvo. Postizanje tehnološke pismenosti postao je imperativ nacionalnih politika; stoga je uloga obrazovanja, uz adekvatno osposobljavanje učitelja, iznomno važna. Posljednjih godina istraživanja u području tehnološkog obrazovanja uključuju i istraživanja vezana uz predškolski odgoj i obrazovanje, ali poučavanje tehnologije u predškolskim ustanovama još se uvijek nedovoljno istražuje. Istraživanje je usmjereno na tehnološku pismenost studenata programa predškolskog odgoja. Većina studenata smatra da su tehnologija, tehnološko obrazovanje i znanje iznimno važni za odgojitelje, iako svoje sposobnosti u navedenom području ocjenjuju niskima. Izvanredni studenti, za razliku od redovnih, pokazuju veću tehnološku pismenost i daju veću važnost utjecaju svakodnevnog tehnološkog okruženja na živote pojedinaca, potrebi za tehnološkim znanjem u životu modernog čovjeka, važnosti tehnološkog obrazovanja u predškolskim ustanovama, važnosti tehnološkog znanja za kvalitetan profesionalni rad odgojitelja, važnosti tehnološkog obrazovanja tijekom studija i svojim kompetencijama u području tehnologije

Students\u27 - future educators\u27 assessment of the impact of various factors on the implementation of technological activities and development of technological literacy in kindergarten.

Sudjelovanje u brzo razvijajućem tehnološkom društvu zahtijeva produbljeno kritičko razumijevanje tehnologije i njezina utjecaja na pojedinca, okoliš i društvo. Postizanje tehnološke pismenosti postaje značajan imperativ nacionalnih politika, a u njegovu postizanju ima važnu ulogu obrazovanje i odgovarajuća osposobljenost učitelja i odgajatelja. Iako je istraživanje tehnološkog obrazovanja u proteklim godinama počelo uključivati i dječje vrtiće, područje tehnološkog učenja u vrtiću i osposobljavanje odgajatelja za izvođenje tehnološkog obrazovanja ostaje manje istraženo. U ovdje navedenom nas je radu zanimalo koje prateće tehnologije upotrebljavaju studentice izvanrednog studija predškolskog odgoja pri izvođenju tehnoloških aktivnosti s djecom te ostalih profesionalnih aktivnosti; u kolikoj mjeri upotrebljavaju mikroskop, leću i dalekozor pri izvođenju tehnoloških aktivnosti u vrtiću te kako procjenjuju utjecaj različitih čimbenika na izvođenje tehnoloških aktivnosti u vrtiću.Participation in technological society requires a deep and critical understanding of technology and of its impact on each individual, environment and society. Achieving technological literacy has become an important imperative of national policies. Hence, the role of education along with adequate teachers’ training have become vital. Although in recent years research in technology education has begun incorporating studies of preschools, technology education in kindergarten and in preschool teacher education remains less studied. In the present article, we pondered upon which assistive technologies in-service student preschool teachers used in implementation of technological activities with children and in other professional activities. Further, we wanted to find out how often they used a microscope, a magnifier and binoculars in technological activities in kindergarten and how they assessed the impact of various factors on the implementation of technological activities in kindergarten

Pristopi k učenju pri študentih tehnike. Družbene in tehnološke spremembe zahtevajo spremenjeno učenje

Avtorja v prispevku obravnavata razlicna pojmovanja ucenja, ki pomembno vplivajo na pristop k ucenju. v raziskavi 0 pristopih ucenja pri studentih tehnike odkrivata, da njihova pojmovanja pogojujejo tudi pristope k ucenju. Odkrivata, da sta najpogostejsa pristop k ucenju v smislu reprodukcije in globinski pristop. Poudarita, da je treba vee pozornosti namenjati globinskemu pristopu k ucenju, sa} morajo studenti tehnike poleg strokovnih znanj razviti tudi druge kompetence, kot sta komunikacijska in vodstvena kompetenca

Towards improvements in teachersʼ professional development through the reflective learning paradigm

Developing reflective teachers who will be committed to their professional mission and whose own development will represent a value is an important objective of the professional training of future teachers. This article deals with an evaluation of the module of instruction in teacher training that was directed at raising students\u27 awareness of the importance of reflecting on their pedagogical work and their overall professional activity. The module focused on the acquisition of skills for thoughtful activity in pedagogical practice and the development of a positive attitude to lifelong teacher education. The main aim of the study was to assess studentsʼ conceptions of instruction, in particular from the perspective of studentsʼ perceptions of the importance and influence of learner-centred methods targeting didactical competencies

Technological literacy of student- future teachers - from the perspective of knowledge, experience and evaluation of the importance of the technology in life and education

Participacija posameznika v hitro razvijajoči se družbi znanja zahteva poglobljeno in kritično razumevanje tehnologije in njenega vpliva na posameznika, okolje in družbo. Doseganje tehnološke pismenosti tako postaja pomemben imperativ nacionalnih politik, pri njegovem uresničevanju pa imata ključno vlogo izobraževanje in ustrezna usposobljenost učiteljev. V raziskavi nas je zanimalo, kakšna je tehnološka pismenost študentov, bodočih učiteljev, kakšne so njihove izkušnje s tehnološkim izobraževanjem v osnovni šoli, kako študenti, bodoči učitelji, ocenjujejo pomembnost tehnološkega izobraževanja v osnovni šoli in v procesu študija na fakulteti ter kako ocenjujejo vlogo in pomen tehnologije v življenju posameznika in družbe.Individual‘s participation in a technological society demands deep and critical understanding of technology and its impact on each individual, environment and society. Achieving technological literacy has become an important imperative of national policieshence, the role of education along with adequate teachers’ training has become vital. In our research, we studied technological literacy of student teachers, their experiences with technology education in primary school, their estimation of impact of technology education in primary schools and at faculties as well as their views on the role and influence of technology in individual‘s life and in the society

Technological literacy of students - future teachers - from the perspectives of knowledge, experience and evaluation of the importance of technology in life and education

Individual's participation in a technological society demands deep and critical understanding of technology and its impact on each individual, environment and society. Achieving technological literacy has become an important imperative of national policies; hence, the role of education along with adequate teachers’ training has become vital. In our research, we studied technological literacy of student teachers, their experiences with technology education in primary school, their estimation of impact of technology education in primary schools and at faculties as well as their views on the role and influence of technology in individual's life and in the society

Cognitive Constructivist Way of Teaching Scientific and Technical Contents

For pupils to obtain high-quality and permanent knowledge, it is important that the teaching of scientific and technical contents is based on cognitive constructivist approach. We carried out a research, during which we asked three research questions, on a sample of 167 class teachers in the Republic of Slovenia. We wanted to find out: how often class teachers included elements typical of cognitive constructivist approach; was the frequency of using elements of cognitive constructivist teaching model linked to the teacher’s concern for their own professional development, and was the frequency of using elements of cognitive constructivist teaching model linked to the factors, such as the teacher’s estimated importance, difficulty and necessity of Science and Technics, the assessment of their own competence and professional enthusiasm. Data were collected with three scales: ways of teaching scientific and technical contents; attitude to scientific and technical contents and teaching and components of professional development. Data were processed according to descriptive and inferential statistics. The research showed that the formulation and verification of hypotheses, two important elements in view of cognitive constructivist teaching model, were less often represented. With statistically significant higher frequency they were organized by teachers, who rated their competence higher, were more enthusiastic and cared more about their professional development

Cognitive constructivist way of teaching scientific and technical contents

For pupils to obtain high-quality and permanent knowledge, it is important that the teaching of scientific and technical contents is based on cognitive constructivist approach. We carried out a research, during which we asked three research questions, on a sample of 167 class teachers in the Republic of Slovenia. We wanted to find out: how often class teachers included elements typical of cognitive constructivist approachwas the frequency of using elements of cognitive constructivist teaching model linked to the teacher’s concern for their own professional development, and was the frequency of using elements of cognitive constructivist teaching model linked to the factors, such as the teacher’s estimated importance, difficulty and necessity of Science and Technics, the assessment of their own competence and professional enthusiasm. Data were collected with three scales: ways of teaching scientific and technical contentsattitude to scientific and technical contents and teaching and components of professional development. Data were processed according to descriptive and inferential statistics. The research showed that the formulation and verification of hypotheses, two important elements in view of cognitive constructivist teaching model, were less often represented. With statistically significant higher frequency they were organized by teachers, who rated their competence higher, were more enthusiastic and cared more about their professional development

Cognitive Constructivist Way of Teaching Scientific and Technical Contents

For pupils to obtain high-quality and permanent knowledge, it is important that the teaching of scientific and technical contents is based on cognitive constructivist approach. We carried out a research, during which we asked three research questions, on a sample of 167 class teachers in the Republic of Slovenia. We wanted to find out: how often class teachers included elements typical of cognitive constructivist approach; was the frequency of using elements of cognitive constructivist teaching model linked to the teacher’s concern for their own professional development, and was the frequency of using elements of cognitive constructivist teaching model linked to the factors, such as the teacher’s estimated importance, difficulty and necessity of Science and Technics, the assessment of their own competence and professional enthusiasm. Data were collected with three scales: ways of teaching scientific and technical contents; attitude to scientific and technical contents and teaching and components of professional development. Data were processed according to descriptive and inferential statistics. The research showed that the formulation and verification of hypotheses, two important elements in view of cognitive constructivist teaching model, were less often represented. With statistically significant higher frequency they were organized by teachers, who rated their competence higher, were more enthusiastic and cared more about their professional development

Teacher Self-Assessment of their Science and Technics Competences and Professional Development

In this paper, the authors present the results of an empirical study that formed part of the broader research project, "Culture of Educational Institution as a Factor in Co-Construction of Knowledge," at the University of Rijeka. The research was conducted on a sample of 317 elementary class teachers from Croatia and Slovenia. The authors sought to establish how class teachers assess their professionalism in practice; whether they show statistically significant differences in assessing their professionalism and professional development in practice at different stages of their careers