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As a pre service teacher, I solely believe children construct their own learning through the guidance of the teacher. In my teaching methods, I teach children to discovery learning in a contructivist approach. In this manner, this why technology should be implemented into the curriculum.
I believe in preparing students with the essentials of being problem- solvers and critical-thinkers. Since, our world is being equipped to function with more technology, we need to teach technology in the curriculum in every aspect.
Technology should be implemented in the classroom because it is an area that motivates children. Children are always curious to learn about new ideas, which will mold and construct their own learning. Students should be allowed to learn more about real-life experiences. As educators, we need to teach children technology and show them why it is important to other areas in the real world. Then, they will begin to learn and understand why other subject areas are important to learn. Students are eager to learn about Technology, and when you teach something that interests students, they will learn.
In the curriculum, technology allows teachers to teach unique lessons The teacher guides the students through their own learning. In relating this to an theorist, I believe Vygotsy is applied within Technology. Technology is based on his Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). In his theory, he believed that children learned from assistance and guidance of other adults and role models in their environment. The adult is responsible for scaffolding the child's learning process but the child is still constructing his/her own learning. So...children need to be modeled how to think, not what to think.
Technology helps educators teach because it is natural integrated in the curriculum, in various ways with other subject areas. Teachers will not be troubled, when they are ask to teach many different subjects within the classroom. Technology is based on the student's natural curiosity. It brings the real-life experience in the classroom.
Jerome Bruner stated, "Learning is an active and social process in which students construct new ideas or concepts based on current knowledge. The student selects information originates hypotheses and makes decisions in the process of integrated experiences into their existing mental constructs," In Bruner's theory, I believe he wanted technology to be integrated in the classroom because technology is all of these things and much more.
Technology helps encourage students to discover principles by themselves. It naturally allows teachers and students to discuss issues and concepts. It also helps the teacher translate information to be learned into a form appropriate to the learner's current state of understanding. A variety of teaching methods, many choices available to the student, and multiage peer groups all facilitate learning in Technology.
Resources:
Technology Education, The Basic Narrative. ITEA Video: 1990.
Technology Literacy ITEA Video: 1991.
Williams, D. (Fall 1999) Early Childhood Psychology Education. Ball State University: Muncie, In.
Http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/bruner.html
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