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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.2.462

Analysis on Kindergarten Teachers' Stage of Concerns about Software Education: An Application of the Concerns-Based Adoption Model(CBAM)  

Park, Sun-Mi (Department of Child and Family Studies, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Jung, Ji-Hyun (Department of Early Childhood Education, Kyungsung University)
Kang, Min-Jeng (Department of Educational Technology, Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.2, 2018 , pp. 462-471 More about this Journal
Abstract
Even though software (SW) education has not been considered part of the current national kindergarten curriculum, in practice there is growing interest in adopting it. Teachers would be expected to play a key role in the successful introduction and implementation of new educational changes, such as SW education. In preparation for its adoption in ECE, it would be useful to determine ECE teachers' perception and attitudes toward early childhood software education. For this study, 219 ECE teachers' level of concern toward SW education was surveyed using the Stages of Concern Questionnaire. It was found that the teachers' level of concern was the highest at stage 0-Unconcerned and that they had high levels of stage management, personal and informational concern. Thus, a non-user pattern was mostly indicated. However, compared to the typical non-user pattern, the pattern aspect close to critical non-user ever appeared to some extent. In addition, a significant difference in the level of concern was shown at all stages depending on the awareness of the necessity for SW education. The teachers with SW training experience showed a higher intensity only at stage 0. There was a statistically significant difference in stages 0 and 6 depending on the future implementation decision. These results will be utilized as a resource in building an ECE teachers' support system according to their level of concern about SW education.
Keywords
Concerns-Based Adoption Model(CBAM); Early childhood teacher education; Kindergarten teacher; Stages of Concern(SoC); Software education;
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