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dc.contributor.authorBose, K.
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-13T09:37:28Z
dc.date.available2012-01-13T09:37:28Z
dc.date.issued2010-12
dc.identifier.citationBose, K. (2010) Information and communication technology empowerment of early childhood education teachers in Botswana, International Journal of Scientific Research in Education, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp 166-176en_US
dc.identifier.issn11173259
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10311/978
dc.description.abstractThe study assessed the views of in-service participants of the University of Botswana (who are pursuing Bachelors degree in Primary Education) regarding the empowerment of Early Childhood Education teachers with Information and Communication Technology skills. Both quantitative and qualitative research designs were adopted. Eighty-two final year students constituted the sample. A semi-structured questionnaire was used. The findings showed that the respondents strongly believed that the Early Childhood Education teachers in Botswana should be empowered with Information and Communication Technology skills. However, they didn’t find the existing curriculum feasible due to lack of in-depth content and pedagogy adopted to deliver the content. The findings showed that the student teachers were not able to realize the usefulness of the popular, generic packages and communication tools. The participants of the study suggested for a comprehensive curriculum with spread-out modules that could offer basic Information Communication Technology skills initially, and provide advanced features in succession, in order to enable them infuse content with technology; perform administrative tasks efficiently; conduct research in Early Childhood Education; and generate local-specific multi-media packages for young Batswana.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIJSRE, http://www.ijsre.comen_US
dc.subjectEarly childhood educationen_US
dc.subjectInformation and communication technology curriculumen_US
dc.subjectTeacher education programmeen_US
dc.subjectTeacher empowermenten_US
dc.subjectCapacity buildingen_US
dc.titleInformation and communication technology empowerment of early childhood education teachers in Botswanaen_US
dc.typePublished Articleen_US
dc.linkhttp://www.ijsre.com/Vol.,%203_3_-Bose.pdfen_US


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