Abstract

Objectives This study aims to deeply explore and analyze the experiences and effectiveness of utilizing digital media in early childhood safety education to enhance Pre-Early Childhood Teachers' safety competence.
 Methods The participants in the study are 45 first-year pre-service teachers taking courses in early childhood ed-ucation and safety education classes. The study data were qualitatively analyzed by collecting journals, lesson plans, presentations, and reflections on the digital media experiences of pre-early childhood teachers for 15 weeks.
 Results The utilization of digital media in safety education resulted in the following experiences among Pre-Early Childhood Teachers: direction towards more proactive learning, increased engagement in learning, enhanced sense of realism through diverse data collection, reciprocal feedback, improved awareness of safety competence through critical analysis of media usage in safety education, and reflective insights gained during the media crea-tion process.
 Conclusions Based on the impact of safety education experiences through the use of digital media, it is antici-pated that this approach can provide new teaching methods and classroom practices to enhance Pre-Early Childhood Teachers' safety competence during their training.

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