Abstract
The purpose of the study is to examine the pre-school teacher candidates’ experiences in developing and using a Slowmation as an educational technique with young children. This study also aims at providing the pre-school teachers’ reflections on the whole development and application process. The study was carried out with 65 pre-school teacher candidates (46 of them are from day classes and 19 of them are from evening classes) who were studying in the pre-school education department in the spring term of the 2017–2018 academic year. The researcher used phenomenological research method which relied on these data resources: field notes, open-ended questions, videos and photos and semi-structured interviews. It was concluded that pre-school teacher candidates have developed their skills in using the Slowmation technique during the course. The researchers also concluded that the Slowmation technique, despite having some limitations, has a positive effect on pre-school students’ learning process of the science concepts and it could contribute significantly to their skill development process.
Highlights
The purpose of the study is to examine the pre-school teacher candidates’ experiences in developing and using a Slowmation as an educational technique with young children
The Slowmation technique, which is very popular in the recent use of computers in education, has been used as one of the methods that encourages students to be active in science education (Brown, Murcia, & Hackling, 2013) and to improve technology literacy (Paige, Bentley, & Dobson, 2016)
It was aimed to evaluate the pre-school teacher candidates' opinions about the preparation and implementation of an activity covering all stages of the Slowmation process in science education
Summary
The purpose of the study is to examine the pre-school teacher candidates’ experiences in developing and using a Slowmation as an educational technique with young children. Digital competence, which is one of the eight core competencies emphasized in Turkish Science Education Program (Primary and Secondary School); identifies access to information and use of computers in the evaluation, production, transfer and exchange of information (Turkish Ministry of National Education, 2018) In this context, it is crucial to introduce technology enhanced teaching and learning methods to teacher candidates in the current practices (Hoban, 2005). When the related studies were examined, it seems that the Slowmation technique has many advantages and could become one of the most prominent applications in primary and secondary schools (Paige, Bentley, & Dobson, 2016) Students transfer their knowledge about science concepts in the process of preparing their animations, which requires teamwork (Hoban, Macdonald, Ferry, & Hoban, 2009). Using technology in a popular setting, especially in digital animation, is an effective way for teacher candidates to interact with learning the content of scientific knowledge (Macdonald & Hoban, 2009)
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