Implications for teachers

Implications for teachers

In having technology in early childhood settings, it requires the constant monitoring of the ethical considerations in information sharing and photos. This means that the policies of the centre must always be revised or updated as it is crucial for parents to be informed of the information being used about their child or family or both.

As early childhood teachers, it is important that we have an appropriate understanding about the Code of Ethics in New Zealand as it is just as important to keep the parents/caregivers informed as well as monitoring saftey and educating children.

 

In September 2005 there was a research report on teachers using eLearning as carried out by Hegarty et al. (2005) and this was the findings of the report:

 

"Overall, participants scored high self-efficacy for eLearning, and the majority had some experience in eTeaching. Most people had attended formal staff development workshops, and all participants used a wide range of strategies for self-directed staff development (informal)"

This shows that early childhood teachers are continually keeping up to date with current technology and centres that are sending staff on professional developments to learning about technology in teaching.

What this blog will discuss, is how ethics can affect individuals such as parents, children and teachers and what needs to be done ethically in regards to using the world wide web and technology in general.




          Hegarty, B., Penman, M., Brown, C., Gower, B., Kelly, O., Coburn, D., Sherson, G., &      Suddaby, G. (2005) Approaches and implications of e-learning adoption on academic staff efficacy and working practice: a comparative study. Retrived from: http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/TertiaryEducation/ELearning/Research/PDAndCapabilityOfStaff.aspx