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Integrating Computer Technology in Early Childhood Education Environments: Issues Raised by Early Childhood Educators
The purpose of this study was to assess the educatorsâ perspectives on the introduction of computer technology in the early childhood education environment. Fifty early childhood educators completed a survey and participated in focus groups. Parallels existed between the individually completed survey data and the focus group discussions. The qualitative data provided a richer understanding of the issues faced by these educators. Thematic analyses of the focus group discussions revealed that many of the educatorsâ concerns involved the effect of technology on the educators themselves, with secondary emphasis on how computers affected the students and parents. Although educators generally supported the integration of computers, they also identified critical concerns and limitations.
Lâobjectif de cette Ă©tude Ă©tait dâĂ©valuer les points de vue des Ă©ducateurs relatifs Ă lâintroduction de la technologie informatique dans un milieu dâĂ©ducation des jeunes enfants. Cinquante Ă©ducateurs de la petite enfance ont complĂ©tĂ© une enquĂȘte et ont participĂ© aux sessions de groupes de discussion. La recherche a trouvĂ© des correspondances entre les donnĂ©es des enquĂȘtes individuelles et les discussions de groupe. Les donnĂ©es qualitatives ont permis une meilleure connaissance des enjeux auxquels sont confrontĂ©s ces Ă©ducateurs. Des analyses thĂ©matiques des discussions de groupe ont rĂ©vĂ©lĂ© que plusieurs des prĂ©occupations des Ă©ducateurs portaient sur lâeffet de la technologie sur les Ă©ducateurs eux-mĂȘmes et, en deuxiĂšme lieu, sur lâinfluence des ordinateurs sur les Ă©lĂšves et les parents. Tout en indiquant quâils appuyaient globalement lâintĂ©gration des ordinateurs, les Ă©ducateurs ont Ă©galement identifiĂ© des prĂ©occupations et des limites importantes
Critical Analysis of Problems Encountered in Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge in Science Teaching by Primary School Teachers in Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe the need to incorporate indigenous knowledge in science education to reflect local cultural settings cannot be overemphasized. Current policies on science are situated in Western cultural definitions, thus marginalizing indigenous knowledge, which is misconceived as irrational and illogical. This study used qualitative research methods. Ten teachers were purposively selected and interviewed to gain their insights into problems faced in incorporating indigenous knowledge into science teaching. The study found that the problems were attitudinal, institutional, and systemic. Teachers were found to be conservative âgatekeepersâ who exhibited negative attitudes toward indigenous science and supported maintaining the teaching of Western science. The study suggests reforming and transforming science curriculum, policymaking, and teacher education to promote cross-cultural science in Zimbabwean primary schools
Best Simultaneous Diophantine Approximations under a Constraint on the Denominator
We investigate the problem of best simultaneous Diophantine approximation
under a constraint on the denominator, as proposed by Jurkat. New lower
estimates for optimal approximation constants are given in terms of critical
determinants of suitable star bodies. Tools are results on simultaneous
Diophantine approximation of rationals by rationals with smaller denominator.
Finally, the approximation results are applied to the decomposition of integer
vectors.Comment: 17 pages, corrected typo
Earth Potential Electrodes in Permafrost and Tundra
Introduction : During the past two years, the authors installed a number of electrodes
in the permafrost and tundra area of Point Barrow to obtain earth potential
data. As ground temperatures decreased during the winter, the resistances of
the first set of electrodes increased by several orders of magnitude and thus
became useless. A second set of electrodes, with sodium chloride incorporated
in the fill, proved entirely adequate for recording earth potentials. The installations
and procedure for determining electrode resistances are described
herein. Electrode resistance data versus time and ground temperatures are also
presented.Ye
Diagonal recurrence relations for the Stirling numbers of the first kind
In the paper, the author presents diagonal recurrence relations for the
Stirling numbers of the first kind. As by-products, the author also recovers
three explicit formulas for special values of the Bell polynomials of the
second kind.Comment: 7 page
Construction of a 3-Dimensional MDS code
In this paper, we describe a procedure for constructing --ary
--MDS codes, of length (for odd) or (for
even), using a set of non--degenerate Hermitian forms in .Comment: 8 Pages Minor typesetting changes; dedicatio
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