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Beginning the day with the IWB in an early childhood classroom
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posted on 2016-11-07, 22:37 authored by Harlow, AnneThere is a substantial demand in New Zealand for professional learning opportunities to help early years' teachers to make use of ICT for teaching and learning (Harlow, Cowie and Jones, 2008), and where interactive whiteboards (IWBs) are increasingly being purchased by schools as instructional technologies. This paper reports on the findings of a researcher who was invited by a teacher in a small rural school in New Zealand to describe and understand the use of an IWB with young children aged five to six years. In this paper, the role of the IWB to enhance learning particularly in the use of language, symbols and texts is examined. The research involved collecting data from intensive classroom observation over a week using video and audio recordings as well as student and teacher interviews. Data were analysed using a framework developed by Kennewell and Beauchamp (2007), who identified how teachers used features of ICT/IWBs to enhance learning. The findings indicate that it was the way the teacher integrated the IWB into her pedagogy to improve the learning activities that made the IWB such an effective tool in this classroom.
International Research in Early Childhood Education, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 57-68
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monash:1310201959.1/1048584Interactive whiteboardLanguagePedagogyEarly years' classroomcollection(s) Monash University Faculty of Education paperscollection(s) IRECE Journaltextjournal article1838-0689Early Childhood Education (excl. Maori)Teacher Education and Professional Development of EducatorsCurriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development