Title :
Digital Comics Use to Develop Thinking Dispositions in Early Childhood Education
Author :
Melliou, Kyriaki ; Moutafidou, Anna ; Bratitsis, Tharrenos
Author_Institution :
Early Childhood Educ. Dept., Univ. of Western Macedonia, Florina, Greece
Abstract :
A growing body of evidence highlights the importance of using technology to support critical thinking. This study investigates the influence of digital comics on the development of young students´ inclinations towards high-order thinking, proposing a dispositional approach to technology integration with story making. Following the seven thinking dispositions model [7], 18 stories of 4-6 years olds were examined, in order to explore digital comic´s potential as a thinking dispositions´ development enhancing tool. The findings were positive and promising.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; human computer interaction; psychology; age 4 yr to 6 yr; digital comics; early childhood education; storymaking; technology integration; thinking disposition development enhancing tool; thinking dispositions model; Computers; Educational institutions; Organizations; Painting; Planning; Strips; Digital Comics; Kindergarten; Thinking Dispositions;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2014.148