CHILDICT results: Nordic-Baltic overview Tarja Tikkanen University College Stord/Haugesund, Norway Nordic-Baltic Seminar: Findings from the Nordplus CHIDLICT -survey , Helsinki, FInland
Structure 1.Key questions 2.Background 3.Availability and practice 4.Policy & guidelines 5.Expectations & attitudes 6.Competence & learning needs “Curriculum in kindergarten? Language learning and use of ICT with small children”
CHILDICT: Key questions? 1.To what extent are the “kindergarten curriculums” (rammeplanen) formalized in the participating countries? 2.What is the status of the “kindergarten curriculum” in the participating countries in terms of policies, attitudes and practice, focusing especially on language learning and early literacy and use of ICT? 3.To what extent, is the competence (skills, knowledge, attitudes) of the kindergarten employees an issue in regards to early literacy learning and use of ICT, i.e. when it comes to implementing the “kindergarten curriculum” in this area.
Kick-off meeting Oct 2012 Survey- meeting & preparation Jan 2013 Nordic- Baltic Survey Feb- March 2013 Survey analysis & report April-may 2013 Nordic Seminar June 2013 CHILDICT network activities
Background Profile of those who have answered the CHILDICT-survey
Responses by country (N=418)
Kindergarten ownership p [Chi-square] <.001
Gender p [Chi-square] <.01
Age – Younger employees answered from Sweden p [Chi-square] <.001
Education p [Chi-square] <.001
Position p [Chi-square] <.001
Experience p [Chi-square] <.001
Availability & practice
Responsibility for digital tools p [Chi-square] <.001
Use of digital tools with children
Use of digital media with children
Country comparison –Use of & access to digitools: At least weekly/no access DigitoolDKEEFINOSE PC39 / 633 / 417 / 1754 / 640 / - Laptop28 / 36 / 418 / 4555 / 218 / 9 Videoprojector10 / 352 / 354 / 6513 / 2513 / 7 Tablet pc59 / 220 / 835 / 7940 / 4433 / 44 Smartphone9 / 570 / 783 / 806 / 4914 / 75 Screen33 / 349 / 607 / 7239 / 3920 / 52 Internet wireless45 / 147 / 526 / 6750 / 2120 / 62 Internet cable15 / 3132 / 914 / 2630 / 2622 / 21 Internet mobile18 / 437 / 520 / 7519 / 415 / 77 Smartboard7 / 742 / 833 / 8216 / 695 / 93
Country comparison –Use of digimedia at least weekly
Country comparison – No access to media
Use of digital tools across the countries
Policies & guidelines
Guidelines - overview
Guidelines for use of digitools for early literacy learning All countriesIn municipalities
Parent involvement in guidelines building in KG
Competence plan in municipality for digi-skills development for educ. use
Expectations for taking digitools in use together with children Early literacy learning
Expectations From national levelFrom management
Expectations From parensFrom myself
Attitudes Early literacy learning
Digitools used at home, no need to use them in KG National plan gives clear guidelines for use of digitools to promote children’s learning
Learning and competence in pedagogic use of digitools Early literacy learning
Informal learning Explore and test by myself in KGSelf-study from internett
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