Russian and Indian Preschool Educators’ Beliefs about Distance Education for Preschoolers
Increasing interest in the digitization of education raises the question of the specifics of the use of digital devices in preschool education and the perception of these new practices by educators. The primary purpose of this study was to examine educators’ beliefs about distance education for pres...
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| description | Increasing interest in the digitization of education raises the question of the specifics of the use of digital devices in preschool education and the perception of these new practices by educators. The primary purpose of this study was to examine educators’ beliefs about distance education for preschool children in Russia and India, given their professional education and cultural background. These two countries were chosen to explore how the education system has dealt with emergency remote teaching in countries with social and economic diversity. The study involved 909 preschool educators (623 from Russia and 286 from India). An exploratory factor analysis of educators’ responses to the Educators’ Beliefs about Distance Education for Preschoolers Questionnaire identified three factors. The first factor reflects the degree of positive or negative beliefs about the promotion potential of distance education for preschool children’s development. The second represents educators’ beliefs about the effectiveness of distance education depending on different teacher, child, and environmental conditions. The third is manifested in the belief among educators that distance education is ineffective in preschool education. The findings suggest that the years of professional education in early childhood pedagogy impacts educators’ beliefs about distance education for preschool children. Regardless of the number of years of education training, educators in India were more likely to believe in the high promotion potential of distance education in early childhood. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-772277677f2244988ff7a366353827be2023-11-23T08:00:12ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022021-12-01111281410.3390/educsci11120814Russian and Indian Preschool Educators’ Beliefs about Distance Education for PreschoolersAleksander Veraksa0Purnima Singh1Margarita Gavrilova2Nishtha Jain3Nickolay Veraksa4Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy, Faculty of Psychology, Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 125009 Moscow, RussiaDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi, Delhi 110016, IndiaDepartment of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy, Faculty of Psychology, Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 125009 Moscow, RussiaDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi, Delhi 110016, IndiaDepartment of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy, Faculty of Psychology, Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 125009 Moscow, RussiaIncreasing interest in the digitization of education raises the question of the specifics of the use of digital devices in preschool education and the perception of these new practices by educators. The primary purpose of this study was to examine educators’ beliefs about distance education for preschool children in Russia and India, given their professional education and cultural background. These two countries were chosen to explore how the education system has dealt with emergency remote teaching in countries with social and economic diversity. The study involved 909 preschool educators (623 from Russia and 286 from India). An exploratory factor analysis of educators’ responses to the Educators’ Beliefs about Distance Education for Preschoolers Questionnaire identified three factors. The first factor reflects the degree of positive or negative beliefs about the promotion potential of distance education for preschool children’s development. The second represents educators’ beliefs about the effectiveness of distance education depending on different teacher, child, and environmental conditions. The third is manifested in the belief among educators that distance education is ineffective in preschool education. The findings suggest that the years of professional education in early childhood pedagogy impacts educators’ beliefs about distance education for preschool children. Regardless of the number of years of education training, educators in India were more likely to believe in the high promotion potential of distance education in early childhood.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/12/814distance educationdistant teachingdistant learningteacher beliefspreschool educationCOVID-19 pandemic |
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| title | Russian and Indian Preschool Educators’ Beliefs about Distance Education for Preschoolers |
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