The modern-day classrooms are equipped with interactive whiteboards driven by corresponding software. Using the advantages of the interactive whiteboards is often limited by the lack of knowledge ...about the software or lack of time to prepare learning materials. Some practical suggestions, examples, or ideas on how teachers should prepare the learning material suitable for interactive whiteboards may be very useful and encourage the usage by the teachers. Art education is an area where the majority of tools provided by the software can be in use to a great extent. The collections of interactive whiteboard learning materials were prepared to help teachers implement the interactive whiteboards in the teaching process. The selected topics in this paper point to the advantages of whiteboard learning materials, based on the responses of potential users (teachers) and brief descriptions of testing results showing opinions about effectiveness and suitability. The results, in brief, show that teachers and students assess the collection as a very helpful tool, which also promotes the implementation of interactive whiteboards into the learning process. Art teachers have confirmed the relative simplicity regarding the application or usage of the interactive whiteboard learning materials and expressed their willingness to teach with the collection throughout the teaching process. The results are encouraging, pointing to a trend toward using interactive whiteboard learning materials in everyday practice
U prvom dijelu rada razmatra se važnost predškolskog obrazovanja u suvremenom društvu s obzirom na načela suvremenog obrazovanja te ukazuje na potrebu stručnog usavršavanja odgajatelja koji će biti ...sposobni dostići očekivane standarde. Rad se zatim bavi kompetencijama i razvijenom refleksijom odgajatelja, kao i nužnim stvaranjem uvjeta u kojima će se odgajatelji udaljiti od svijeta analognog i približiti svijetu digitalnog obrazovanja putem ICT usavršavanja, što će dovesti do uporabe odgovarajućih internetskih izvora. U empirijskom dijelu rada traži se odgovor na pitanje do koje se mjere u profesionalnom radu odgajatelji koriste elektroničkim izvorima u usporedbi s konvencionalnim izvorima informacija, njihovim prethodnim iskustvom i postojećim dokumentima. Prema glavnim istraživačkim rezultatima, bez obzira na rod, radno iskustvo ili obrazovnu razinu, odgajatelji se koriste internetskim izvorima manje nego konvencionalnim izvorima da bi unaprijedili kvalitetu rada. No, utvrđene su određene razlike među njima s obzirom na radno iskustvo, to jest ispitanici koji imaju kraće radno iskustvo više se koriste elektroničkim izvorima od svojih iskusnijih kolega. U završnom dijelu rada nude se zaključci i praktične implikacije provedenog istraživanja.
Abstract In the first part of the paper, the importance of preschool education in modern society is considered with regard to the principles of contemporary education, pointing to the need for the ...professional improvement of preschool teachers, so that they are capable of reaching the expected standards. The paper further focuses on the competences and developed reflections of preschool teachers, as well as on the need to create conditions for preschool teachers to shift from the analogue to the digital educational world through ICT trainings, which should lead to the use of adequate Internet sources. The empirical part deals with the answer to the question regarding the extent to which preschool teachers use electronic sources in their professional work as compared to conventional sources, their prior experience and the existing documentation. According to the main research findings, regardless of their gender, work experience or level of education, the preschool teachers use the Internet sources less than other conventional sources in order to improve the quality of their work. On the other hand, certain differences were found between them considering their prior work experience, i.e. subjects with less work experience use electronic sources to a greater extent than their more experienced colleagues. The final part of the paper provides some concluding remarks and implications of the conducted research. Key words: competences; reflection; Web portals.---SažetakU prvom dijelu rada razmatra se važnost predškolskog obrazovanja u suvremenom društvu s obzirom na načela suvremenog obrazovanja te ukazuje na potrebu stručnog usavršavanja odgajatelja koji će biti sposobni dostići očekivane standarde. Rad se zatim bavi kompetencijama i razvijenom refleksijom odgajatelja, kao i nužnim stvaranjem uvjeta u kojima će se odgajatelji udaljiti od svijeta analognog i približiti svijetu digitalnog obrazovanja putem ICT usavršavanja, što će dovesti do uporabe odgovarajućih internetskih izvora. U empirijskom dijelu rada traži se odgovor na pitanje do koje se mjere u profesionalnom radu odgajatelji koriste elektroničkim izvorima u usporedbi s konvencionalnim izvorima informacija, njihovim prethodnim iskustvom i postojećim dokumentima. Prema glavnim istraživačkim rezultatima, bez obzira na rod, radno iskustvo ili obrazovnu razinu, odgajatelji se koriste internetskim izvorima manje nego konvencionalnim izvorima da bi unaprijedili kvalitetu rada. No, utvrđene su određene razlike među njima s obzirom na radno iskustvo, to jest ispitanici koji imaju kraće radno iskustvo više se koriste elektroničkim izvorima od svojih iskusnijih kolega. U završnom dijelu rada nude se zaključci i praktične implikacije provedenog istraživanja.Ključne riječi: kompetencije; refleksija; mrežni portali.
The problem Serbia is facing refers to the fact that a small number of local initiatives and activities in the field of environmental protection have been completely carried out and become ...functional. The research presented in the paper aims at providing an answer to the question: to what extent education and future preschool and primary school teachers can influence the increase of ecological awareness of young people, leading to the improvement in the field.
The paper presents the results of a research carried out at the Preschool Teacher Training College in Vrsac. Great attention has been paid to the following: have the students acquired ecological knowledge and awareness during their previous schooling and to what an extent; how much attention is paid by the current curricula to the field of environmental protections and what are the values identified by students as those important for their own and social prosperity and survival in general.
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