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Emerging New Technologies in Early Childhood Education

Lua Shanks

Dr. Watnick

EDDD 8113

Doctor of Education

2-3-2022

Emerging New Technologies in Early Childhood Education

Background Information

Technological revolutions have transformed early childhood education significantly. These technological developments have eased the tasks of instructors who had challenges related to delivering high-quality education and performance improvement among the teachers (Hero, 2019). Aydin et al. (2017) found in their study that both the curriculum and instructional methods have weaknesses that significantly reduce education quality in early childhood schools. For instance, the authors found that the ratio of teachers to students is lower than required, which implies that there are more students per teacher. Consequently, the teachers cannot comprehensively deliver customized instructions to all students effectively due to time constraints. The authors recommend the use of technology, and the employment of more teachers to increase instructional quality by increasing the time taken to teach each student according to their learning and developmental needs. In that regard, Dziuban et al. (2018) discussion raise concerns on challenges early childhood education (ECE). They include ineffective instructional methods, substandard learning environments, and inappropriate content that do not effectively support children's learning and developmental needs. The authors propose the use of technologies to promote quality education and growth in early childhood education. Comment by Beryl Watnick: Eased the tasks in early childhood? Comment by Beryl Watnick: Sentence structure

Technology application to full potential requires fundamental articulation towards improving the learning and teaching environment of 10 years and below learners. Samudra et al. (2019) argue that the use of technology has not been applied to the required potential to improve learners’ needs in early childhood education settings. For instance, the authors found that technological devices have the potential to increase children's developmental and educational needs; thus acknowledging the use of technologies for learners learning improvements. The authors researched and found that audiovisual learning devices increase interactive learning, which is associated with high engagement and high performance. Comment by Beryl Watnick: Sentence structure Very confusing Comment by Beryl Watnick: wording

Research Problem

The problem is that many early year teachers in the current education sector do not have enough ICT equipment and expertise at their disposal to adequately deliver holistic instruction to early year learners. The quality of instruction is not increasing regardless of the increasing advancements in technology. According to Aydin et al. (2017), changes are continuing to be noticed in classroom populations, and performance. For instance, including policies, new technologies, immigration, and globalization has increased significantly, which implies that there is a crucial need to apply effective and appropriate instructional approaches. Additionally, there has been a disproportional improvement in instructional methods with technological advancements. The implication is that instructional approaches have not effectively embraced and applied technology to improve learning. Comment by Beryl Watnick: have

Studies on emerging technologies in ECE are replete with evidence that shows when children view a video with their parents or teachers and narrate stories; they enrich their vocabularies better (Samudra et al., 2019). The article talks about how technology assists students when they are with their parents. It also talks about how technology helps with new vocabulary, and this will help them to become a better speaker. It helped students to comprehend stories better. Overall, technology is a key to success based on this article. Comment by Beryl Watnick: delete better

Yulmaz et al. (2019) examine the importance of observation and social cues in learning. The article talked a lot about how significant it was to see certain behaviors and adjust and how this has been used to help learners improve their knowledge for years. The theory of social learning was another big aspect of this article. More focus on this theory could help students and other learners improve the way they grasp information. Comment by Beryl Watnick: not scholarly voice

Accordingly, the problem is that many early year teachers in the current education sector do not have enough ICT equipment and expertise at their disposal to adequately deliver holistic instruction to early year learners. The quality of instruction is not increasing regardless of the increasing advancements in technology.

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine how best to integrate audiovisual technologies into ECE, specifically for children under 10 years old in the State of California. In line with this goal, the research will explore the technologies used by educators to impart knowledge to children under 10 years old in the State of California. The concepts of interest include infusion of technology into early childhood education settings, and improving children’s learning and developmental needs using appropriate instructional approaches. Apart from teachers’ ICT tools, this study will also examine audiovisual technologies used by children under 10 years old in the State of California. The basis of this research is the idea that there is the inadequate application of technology in the classroom which reduces the quality of learning in many ECE classrooms.

Fundamentally, the study will determine how best to integrate audiovisual technologies into ECE, specifically for children under 10 years old in the State of California. Significantly, technologies applicable by educators to impart knowledge to children under 10 years old in the State of California form a crucial basis that the study will explore. Similarly, the study will examine the infusion of technology into early childhood education settings, audiovisual technologies used by children under 10 years old in the State of California, accommodating backdrop that insignificant technological applications in classroom compromise learning quality in ECE classrooms. Comment by Beryl Watnick: You are using mirror language and that is good. However, you are repeating the same statements and that is unnecessary.

Conceptual Framework

The social learning theory, which was originally developed by psychologist Bandura, emphasizes the significance of observation, replication of behaviors, attitudes, and feelings of others (Yılmaz, Yılmaz & Yılmaz, 2019). The social learning theory concurs with the postulates of the behavioral theory. For instance, both theories assert that there are mediating actions between stimuli and corresponding responses. Additionally, both the Social Learning Theory and the Behavioral Theory concur that animals learn behaviors from the environment by observing the actions of others (Yılmaz, Yılmaz & Yılmaz, 2019). These basic principles are relevant to the application of technology in ECE. In the teaching-learning environment, there exist stimuli that can be used in the learning process. Similarly, the paper will accommodate conceptual groundwork from social learning theory and behavioral theory to determine how best to integrate audiovisual technologies into ECE, specifically for children under 10 years old in the State of California. Comment by Beryl Watnick: What paper?

This study intends to determine how best to integrate audiovisual technologies into ECE, specifically for children under 10 years old in the State of California. Accordingly, social learning theory gives a platform for observation, replication of behaviors, attitudes, and feelings of others (Yılmaz, Yılmaz & Yılmaz, 2019). Fundamentally, the theory will be effective in accommodating on how best to integrate audiovisual technologies into ECE, specifically for children under 10 years old in the State of California through observation, replication of behaviors, attitudes, and feelings of others. Similarly, the theory postulates behavioral theory asserting that there are mediating actions between stimuli and corresponding responses. Thus, the social learning theory and behavioral theory will support the study objective, determining; how best to integrate audiovisual technologies into ECE, specifically for children under 10 years old in the State of California. Comment by Beryl Watnick: mechanics

Research Questions

1. What are the impacts of audiovisual technologies for children under 10 years old in the State of California in early childhood education settings?

2. How best can audiovisual equipment be used for blended learning for children under 10 years old in the State of California?

Research Methodology and Design

To determine how best to integrate audiovisual technologies into ECE for children under 10 years old in the State of California, the research methodology will accommodate a qualitative approach, particularly interviews for collecting information. Importantly, the grounded theory design will be used because it would aid in the formulation of a theory that will be based on the collected data from the results of the application of audiovisual technology in education (Laird et al., 2018). The study will include six participants selected using the purposive sampling technique. The participants will encompass individuals from the education sector, teachers, and community members. Finally, the gathered data will be analyzed using content analysis tools. This process will involve identifying key themes and performing analytical procedures to confirm or reject the hypothesis. Therefore, the study, research design will use a qualitative approach, particularly interview determine how best to integrate audiovisual technologies into ECE, specifically for children under 10 years old in the State of California Comment by Beryl Watnick: You will be advised against using grounded theory and it does not work with the plan you describe here. How can you explore these issues for your entire state with only 6 participants? Comment by Beryl Watnick: mechanics

Significance

The purpose of this study is to determine how best to integrate audiovisual technologies into ECE, specifically for children under 10 years old in the State of California. Accordingly, The significance of the study is that it will increase the adoption of audiovisual technologies and their effective use at home and in schools to increase children under 10 years old in the State of California in early childhood education developmental and educational needs.

References

Aydin, H., Ozfidan, B., & Carothers, D. (2017). Meeting the challenges of curriculum and instruction in school settings in the United States. Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 8(3), 76-92.

Banneyer, K. N., Bonin, L., Price, K., Goodman, W. K., & Storch, E. A. (2018). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for childhood anxiety disorders: a review of recent advances. Current psychiatry reports, 20(8), 1-8.

Dziuban, C., Graham, C. R., Moskal, P. D., Norberg, A., & Sicilia, N. (2018). Blended learning: the new normal and emerging technologies. International journal of educational technology in Higher education, 15(1), 1-16.

Hero, J. (2019). The Impact of Technology Integration in Teaching Performance. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR (48)1, 101-114

Laird, Y., Fawkner, S., & Niven, A. (2018). A grounded theory of how social support influences physical activity in adolescent girls. International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being, 13(1), 1435099.

Yılmaz, M., Yılmaz, U., & Yılmaz, E. N. D. (2019). The relation between social learning and visual culture. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 11(4), 421-427.