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Abstract: According to the previous research, the lack of knowledge about technology and developmentally appropriate pedagogical approaches to bring it to the classrooms, in addition to the low level of sense of self-efficacy, and positive attitude towards teaching with technology, are among the major impediments to the successful integration of new technologies into early childhood classrooms. Th... read moree focus of this research as part of a three year long NSF funded project, "Ready for Robotics", is to seek strategies to be used towards resolving the problem stated above. The current thesis reports a study in which 32 early childhood educators participated in a professional development workshop on the integration of robotics as an educational intervention into their traditional classrooms. Results show a statistically significant increase in the level of knowledge in all the three areas of technology in general, pedagogy, and robotics content, along with non-numerical positive effects of the workshop.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2013.
Submitted to the Dept. of Child Development.
Advisor: Marina Umaschi Bers.
Committee: Chris Rogers, and Bruce Johnson.
Keywords: Early childhood education, and Educational technology.read less
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