Preschool teachers’ perspectives on (haptic) technology in the classroom
One particularly exciting platform with the potential to teach science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in early childhood classrooms is the tablet. However, one challenge in using these devices for STEM learning is that traditional tablets lack important sensory information. The emerging t...
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| description | One particularly exciting platform with the potential to teach science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in early childhood classrooms is the tablet. However, one challenge in using these devices for STEM learning is that traditional tablets lack important sensory information. The emerging technology of haptic (or tactile) feedback touch-screen displays might reduce this barrier. In order to better understand pre-school teachers’ attitudes toward haptic feedback technology for teaching STEM concepts, we conducted three focus groups. From the focus group data, researchers identified themes around current classroom practices with technology for STEM learning, teachers’ reactions to the haptic feedback tablet, and their impression of the implications of its use in early childhood education. These themes provide insight on teachers’ attitudes and could influence the design of future STEM apps created for haptic feedback tablets. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2524473326624df6bac004c1b6bd6ee92022-12-22T00:53:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2022-08-01710.3389/feduc.2022.981935981935Preschool teachers’ perspectives on (haptic) technology in the classroomSarah Pila0Alexis R. Lauricella1Anne Marie Piper2Ellen Wartella3Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United StatesGraduate School in Child Development, Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL, United StatesDepartment of Informatics, School of Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United StatesCommunication Studies Department, School of Communication, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United StatesOne particularly exciting platform with the potential to teach science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in early childhood classrooms is the tablet. However, one challenge in using these devices for STEM learning is that traditional tablets lack important sensory information. The emerging technology of haptic (or tactile) feedback touch-screen displays might reduce this barrier. In order to better understand pre-school teachers’ attitudes toward haptic feedback technology for teaching STEM concepts, we conducted three focus groups. From the focus group data, researchers identified themes around current classroom practices with technology for STEM learning, teachers’ reactions to the haptic feedback tablet, and their impression of the implications of its use in early childhood education. These themes provide insight on teachers’ attitudes and could influence the design of future STEM apps created for haptic feedback tablets.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.981935/fullfocus groupshapticspreschoolersSTEM—science technology engineering mathematicstabletsteacher-education |
| spellingShingle | Sarah Pila Alexis R. Lauricella Anne Marie Piper Ellen Wartella Preschool teachers’ perspectives on (haptic) technology in the classroom Frontiers in Education focus groups haptics preschoolers STEM—science technology engineering mathematics tablets teacher-education |
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