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Can They Do It? A Comparison Of Teacher Candidates’ Assumptions And Preschoolers’ Actual Skills With Digital Technology And Media, Daniel James Mourlam, Gabrielle Strouse, Lisa Newland
Can They Do It? A Comparison Of Teacher Candidates’ Assumptions And Preschoolers’ Actual Skills With Digital Technology And Media, Daniel James Mourlam, Gabrielle Strouse, Lisa Newland
School of Education Faculty Publications
As digital technologies and media (DTM) are integrated into every facet of our lives, the knowledge and skills children bring to school is changing. It is unclear whether teacher candidates' beliefs about children's skills have kept pace with this change. To explore this issue, 43 children, ages 3–5, and 180 teacher candidates at a medium-sized Midwest research university were recruited. Teacher candidates' beliefs about preschoolers' DTM skills were compared with preschoolers' observed skills following an assessment protocol using an iPad. Findings indicated most preschoolers could complete 9 of the 12 iPad tasks without assistance, whereas teacher candidates frequently assumed that …