EJ676583 PS534500
Title: One Head Start Classroom's Experience: Computers and Young
Children's Development.Author(s): Fischer, Melissa Anne; Gillespie, Catherine Wilson
Source: Young Children, v58 n4 p85-91 Jul 2003
Publication Date: 2003
ISSN: 0044-0728
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--General (140)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAR2004
Contends that early childhood educators need to understand how
exposure to computers and constructive computer programs affects the
development of children. Specifically examines: (1) research on
children's technology experiences; (2) determining best practices; and
(3) addressing educators' concerns about computers replacing other
developmentally appropriate activities, difficulty levels, social
effects, student control, and stifled creativity; and (4) teacher role.
(SD)
Descriptors: *Child Development; *Computer Attitudes; Computer
Software; Computer Software Evaluation; *Computer Use; *Computer
Uses in Education; Early Childhood Education; Educational
Development; Physical Development; Social Development; Teacher Role
Identifiers: *Concerns Analysis; *Project Head Start
