The goal of the project was to explore the use of Future Classroom and develop self-directed professional development resources. During these seven months of exploration and research, a group of student helpers and three 6-8 years old children were invited to participate in this project. The way to explore Future Classroom was to apply variousContinue reading “Piloting the future classroom: Developing self-directed professional development resources”
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Developing a Blended Learning Approach for Teachers in Early Experience in Putonghua Module using an OBL Approach
The needs of qualified Putonghua kindergarten teachers were increasing in Hong Kong (Zhang & Zhang, 2006; Hu, 2009). However, few studies or projects had focused on preparing Putonghua teacher’s education for pre-primary institutions. The results of a pre-survey in a course of Early Experience in Putonghua indicated four main challenges that pre-service teachers have encountered:Continue reading “Developing a Blended Learning Approach for Teachers in Early Experience in Putonghua Module using an OBL Approach”
Empower Early Childhood Educator’s Multimodal Learning Experience
Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become an essential part of the learning environment in pre-school settings. Examples of new technologies and media used by young children have already providing multimodal learning experience for young children’s learning in the technological world (Yelland, 2011). In order to prepare the current pre-service and in-service early childhood teachers toContinue reading “Empower Early Childhood Educator’s Multimodal Learning Experience”