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Dr YANG Weipeng
Project Objectives
Project Objectives
To determine the effect of pedagogy (free play versus guided play versus direct instruction) on kindergarten children’s engagement in robot programming activities.
To evaluate the effect of play-based robot programming on kindergarten children's computational thinking (CT) in real classroom settings.
To investigate the teacher-reported enablers and barriers to the implementation of RP activities for children in Hong Kong kindergartens.
To inform the theorizing of a digital learning framework that can assist early childhood educators in effectively integrating educational robotics into classrooms.
To develop a potentially scalable, evidence-based, and playful learning program for promoting children’s CT in the early years.
Expected results
Expected results
Increase practitioners' understanding of the nexus between play-based learning and children’s experiences with digital technologies in the early years.
Stort Term Impacts
Stort Term Impacts
Kindergartens participating in this research project will benefit from upgrading their school-based curricula with a component of digital play.
Medium Term Impacts
Medium Term Impacts
A Facebook group/page will be set up to further disseminate our findings and invite more kindergartens to participate in a future extension of this research participate in a future extension of this research.
Long Term Impacts
Long Term Impacts
Our research will inform the government’s education policies regarding a sustainable inclusive future for early STEM and computing education.
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