Telling stories digitally: an experiment with preschool children

KOCAMAN KAROĞLU A.

EDUCATIONAL MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, cilt.52, sa.4, ss.340-352, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 52 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/09523987.2015.1100391
  • Dergi Adı: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA INTERNATIONAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.340-352
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: digital storytelling, early childhood, student drawings, conceptual understanding, innovative practices, LEARNING-MOTIVATION, TECHNOLOGY, KINDERGARTEN, EDUCATION, DESIGN
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

With the emergence of the new technologies, twenty-first-century learning involves the application of new media in educational environments. Digital storytelling (DST) is a method that blends traditional storytelling with new technologies. This study was designed to compare the conceptual understanding of preschool students in DST classrooms with children in traditional storytelling classrooms. A pre-test, post-test control group design was used. Data were collected from 149 preschool children using pre-and post-test surveys and students' drawings. The findings indicate that DST improved the preschoolers' conceptual understanding of the course content more than traditional storytelling