Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of early childhood teachers' digital literacy and digital play teaching efficacy on the implementation of digital play based on the 2019 revised Nuri curriculum.
 Methods For data collection, 378 early childhood teachers in Gyeongnam, Daegu, Seoul, Incheon, and Sejong were surveyed by questionnaires about teachers’ digital literacy, digital play teaching efficacy and the implementation of digital play based on the 2019 revised Nuri curriculum from 27 Jan 2023 to 7 Mar. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis were used by SPSS 27.0.
 Results First, early childhood teachers' digital literacy was in high level, and digital play teaching efficacy and the implementation of digital play based on the 2019 revised Nuri curriculum were above medium level. Second, there were found some significant positive correlations among early childhood teachers’ digital literacy, digital play teaching efficacy and the implementation of digital play based on the 2019 revised Nuri curriculum. Third, early childhood teachers’ digital literacy and digital play teaching efficacy was found to influence on the implementation of digital play based on the 2019 revised Nuri curriculum.
 Conclusions In order to promote early childhood teachers' implementation of digital play based on the 2019 re-vised Nuri curriculum, it is important to increase the level of digital literacy and digital play teaching efficacy, and teacher education is required to support this.

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