Αξιολόγηση των ελληνικών εκπαιδευτικών εφαρμογών για συσκευές με λειτουργικό σύστημα Android για παιδιά προσχολικής ηλικίας.
ARTICLE
Greek
Evaluation of Greek Android mobile applications for preschoolers
Stamatis Papadakis, Michail Kalogiannakis
Preschool and Primary Education Volume 5, Number 2, ISSN 2241-7206 Publisher: Laboratory of Pedagogical Research & Applications
Abstract
Σε ελάχιστα χρόνια από την εισαγωγή της πρώτης συσκευής τύπου ταμπλέτας (2010 – Apple iPad), η χρήση του λογισμικού για έξυπνες φορητές συσκευές, (mobile applications – apps), έχει αυξηθεί ραγδαία σε δημοτικότητα και έχει γίνει ένα πολυσυζητημένο αντικείμενο στους τομείς της εκπαίδευσης και της παιδικής ανάπτυξης. Ωστόσο ένα θέμα που ανακύπτει είναι αν η αύξηση της δημοτικότητας συμβαδίζει και με αντίστοιχη αύξηση στην ποιότητα των εφαρμογών που απευθύνονται στα μικρά παιδιά καθώς υπάρχουν αντικρουόμενα στοιχεία σχετικά με την αξία και την καταλληλότητα των αυτοαποκαλούμενων «εκπαιδευτικών» εφαρμογών. Ο σκοπός της παρούσης έρευνας είναι να εξετάσει το βαθμό στον οποίο οι «αυτοαποκαλούμενες» φορητές εκπαιδευτικές εφαρμογές με ελληνικό περιεχόμενο, οι οποίες προορίζονται για χρήση από τα παιδιά προσχολικής ηλικίας έχουν σχεδιαστεί σύμφωνα με αναπτυξιακά κατάλληλες πρακτικές και πρότυπα προκειμένου να συμβάλουν στην γνωστική ανάπτυξη των παιδιών στο τυπικό και άτυπο περιβάλλον μάθησης. Τα αποτελέσματα της έρευνας δεν είναι ενθαρρυντικά καθώς στην πλειονότητα τους οι διαθέσιμες εφαρμογές είναι τύπου «πρακτικής και εξάσκησης», βασιζόμενες σε χαμηλά επίπεδα σκέψης και δεξιοτήτων, με αποτέλεσμα να προωθούν την μηχανική μάθηση ορισμένων εννοιών, αδυνατώντας να συμβάλλουν σε μια βαθύτερη εννοιολογική κατανόηση τους.
English:
Smart mobile devices are extremely popular among young children compared with other digital devices. International research indicates that these devices can be used as an educational tool with preschoolers, supporting under proper conditions, certain as-pects of teaching and learning. However, children's ability to participate in rich and dy-namic learning environments within and outside the school environment is closely linked to the quality of mobile applications. One of the key issues that have emerged from a re-view of the literature is the low quality of self-proclaimed educational apps. This research, which is the first of its type in Greece, examines whether self-proclaimed educational An-droid apps for Greek preschoolers have been designed in accordance with developmen-tally appropriate practices to contribute to children’s cognitive development within and outside the school environment. A standardized questionnaire, the Rubric for the EValu-ation of Educational Apps for preschool Children (REVEAC) was used as an assessment tool. The analysis showed that only 5% of the sample was in e-storybook form. The re-maining 95% of the apps was of the edutainment game type, i.e. apps which combine en-tertainment activities to achieve their educational goals. Almost all apps were drill-and-practice-type activities. The apps were based on a low level of thinking skills and they did nothing more than promote mechanical learning, a memorization technique which is based on repetition. There were no apps which aimed to develop a learning environment motivating and enabling children to learn. Some applications offered the possibility of coloring predefined shapes, but these in no way can be considered apps aiming at the development of children's creativity through play and learning. The researchers used the results of the REVEAC scale to evaluate whether the apps have been designed in line with child development principles and practices, so as to stimulate children's overall cognitive, emotional, physical and social development. The study results, consistent with the results from international studies, showed that almost all of the apps were not developmentally appropriate, i.e., they are not designed in such a way as to encourage children to use tech-nology to promote their optimal development. Naturally, we cannot isolate children from technology, but we can ensure that they are not harmed in any way by it. With the prolif-eration of smart mobile devices and their accompanying apps, concerns over the content of apps (content matters) have become even more topical. In this context, researchers, ed-ucators and app developers must ensure that apps addressed to young children should be based on a solid theoretical basis and high-quality standards.
Citation
Papadakis, S. & Kalogiannakis, M. (2017). Αξιολόγηση των ελληνικών εκπαιδευτικών εφαρμογών για συσκευές με λειτουργικό σύστημα Android για παιδιά προσχολικής ηλικίας. Preschool and Primary Education, 5(2), 65-100. Laboratory of Pedagogical Research & Applications. Retrieved March 19, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/187429/.
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