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Effect Of Information Communication Technology On Early Childhood Education Delivery
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The teacher’s role is
critical in making certain that good decisions are made about which
technology to use and in supporting children in their use of technology
to ensure that potential benefits are achieved. Teachers must take time
to evaluate and choose software in light of principles of development
and learning and must carefully observe children using the software to
identify both opportunities and problems and make appropriate
adaptations. Choosing appropriate software is similar to choosing
appropriate books for the classroom, teachers constantly make judgments
about what is age appropriate, individually appropriate and culturally
appropriate (NAEYC, 1992).
Early childhood educators must devote
extra effort to ensure that the software in classrooms reflects and
affirms children’s diverse cultures, languages, and ethnic heritages.
Like all educational materials, software should reflect the world
children live in: it should come in multiple languages, reflect gender
equity, contain people of color and of differing ages and abilities, and
portray diverse families and experiences (Derman-Sparks & A.B.C.
Task Force 1989; Haugland & Shade, 1994).
As pre-school educators
become active participants in a technological world, hence they need
in-depth training and ongoing support to be adequately prepared to make
decisions about technology and to support its effective use in learning
environment for children. Mayor (1997) advocates for teachers to be
fully equipped to understand and communicate to both children and adults
the skills required to build more sustainable life in a technological
changing and highly globalized world. The potentials of technology are
far-reaching and ever changing. The risk is for early childhood
educators to become complacent, assuming that their current knowledge or
experience is adequate. Technology is an area of the curriculum, as
well as a tool for learning, in which teachers must demonstrate their
own capacity for learning (Bredekamp & Rosegrant, 1994).
1.2Statement of the Problem
The
problem of lack of the application of the information and communication
technology (ICT) in the teaching and learning processes at the early
childhood education delivery cannot be overemphasized. This is because
several factors pose some hindrances to the effective use of ICT for the
purpose of teaching pupils at the pre-school level. The major
impediments to the successful use of information and communication
technology (ICT) in the preschool level include: the high cost of
computers in the developing countries; weak infrastructure that has
caused deficiency in the use of computer; lack of skills and human
knowledge to integrate ICT into teaching and learning in the preschool.
Not
only that, other problems of the non-utilization of ICT in teaching at
the nursery schools include lack of relevant software. For instance,
software that is appropriate and culturally suitable to the Nigerian
education system is in short supply. Also, there is great discrepancy
between relevant software supply and demand in developing countries like
Nigeria. Limited access to the internet by many Nigerian teachers,
especially those who teach the pupils at the preschool is yet another
problem of this study. This is because, there are few internet providers
that provide internet gateway services in Nigeria, many of the foreign
companies that provide the internet services in Nigeria, provide poor
services to the Nigerian masses, and so, teachers do not make good use
of them.
The above identified problems, gave rise to the examination
of the effect of information communication technology on early childhood
education.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study attempted to investigate the impact of information communication technology (ICT) on educational development of children in early childhood education in selected nursery schools in Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State. In this study, some relevant and related literatures were reviewed under sub-headings. The descriptive research survey design was applied in the assessment of the opinions of the respondents with the aid of the questionnaire and the sampling technique. A total o ... Continue reading---
