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Teachers' understanding and use of digital play for language acquisition in Grade R

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dc.contributor.advisor Hannaway, D.
dc.contributor.author Van der Westhuizen, Leonie Magdalena
dc.date.accessioned 2020-05-12T10:57:10Z
dc.date.available 2020-05-12T10:57:10Z
dc.date.issued 2019-11
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26395
dc.description.abstract Teachers tend to use traditional teaching methods, even though young learners are more digitally oriented. The purpose of this study was to analyse teachers' understanding and practices in grade R classes to clarify their use of digital play for language acquisition. The participants consisted of eight grade R teachers at one selected primary school in an urban area that had access to digital technology. Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory as a theoretical framework informed this study. This qualitative single case study generated data from teacher participants and their interaction with the learners. The data generation included semi-structured individual interviews, focus group interviews, and non-participant observations. Analyses to answer the research questions were conducted by means of thematic analysis. The main finding was that grade R teachers have some knowledge and understanding of digital play and they are willing to try new games, but they feel they need to know more about digital technology and the use of digital games for language acquisition. Recommendations include the need for the development of more digital games relevant to language acquisition and for teachers to adopt relevant pedagogies to benefit from available digital games. A similar study in a rural area and a comparison between this study and such a study will then be useful in determining teachers' understanding and use of digital play for language acquisition. en
dc.description.abstract Onderwysers is geneig om tradisionele onderrigmetodes te gebruik, selfs al is jong leerders meer digitaal georiënteerd. Die doel van hierdie studie was om onderwysers se begrip en praktyke in graad R-klasse te ontleed, om hul gebruik van digitale spel vir taalverwerwing duidelik te maak. Die deelnemers het bestaan uit agt graad R-onderwysers by een uitgesoekte laerskool in ʼn stedelike gebied, met toegang tot digitale tegnologie. Hierdie studie is geïnspireer deur Bronfenbrenner se ekologiese stelselteorie as ʼn teoretiese raamwerk. Hierdie kwalitatiewe enkelgevallestudie het data van onderwyser-deelnemers en hul interaksie met die leerders gegenereer. Die datagenerering het halfgestruktureerde individuele onderhoude, fokusgroeponderhoude en niedeelnemer-waarnemings ingesluit. Die vernaamste gevolgtrekking was dat graad R-onderwysers oor ʼn mate van kennis en begrip van digitale spel beskik en dat hulle bereid is om nuwe speletjies te probeer, maar hulle voel hulle behoort meer te weet van digitale tegnologie en die gebruik van digitale speletjies vir taalverwerwing. Aanbevelings sluit in: die behoefte aan die ontwikkeling van meer digitale speletjies wat op taalverwerwing betrekking het; en dat onderwysers tersaaklike pedagogieë moet inspan om uit die beskikbare digitale speletjies voordeel te trek. ʼn Soortgelyke studie in ʼn landelike gebied en ʼn vergelyking tussen hierdie studie en so ʼn studie sal dan nuttig wees om onderwysers se begrip en gebruik van digitale spel vir taalverwerwing te bepaal. af
dc.description.abstract Barutiši ba na le go šomiša mekgwa ya sekgale ya go ruta, le ge e le gore baithuti ba baswa ba na le tsebo ya theknolotši. Morero wa nyakišišo ye e be e le go sekaseka mašomelo le kwešišo ya barutiši ka diphapošing tša kreiti R go hlalosa tšhomišo ya bona ya papadi ya ditšitale ya go ithuta polelo. Bakgathatema ba bopilwe ke barutiši ba seswai ba kreiti R sekolong se se kgethilwego sa poraemari ka nagasetoropong seo se nago le theknolotši ya ditšitale. Teori ya mekgwa ya ekolotši ya Bronfenbrenner bjalo ka foreimiweke ya teori e thekgile nyakišišo ye. Kheisesetati ye e tee ya khwalithethifi e tšweleditše datha go tšwa go bakgathatema ba e lego barutiši le kopano ya bona le baithuti. Tšweletšo ya datha e akareditše dipoledišano tša motho o tee ka o tee tša go beakanywa seripa, dipoledišano tša go nepiša sehlopha, le ditlhokomelo tša ba go se kgathe tema. Ditshekatsheko go araba dipotšišo tša dinyakišišo di dirilwe ka go šomiša tshekatsheko ya thematiki. Kutullo ye kgolo e bile gore barutiši ba kreiti R ba na le tsebo le kwešišo ye nyane ya papadi ya ditšitale le gore ba rata go leka dipapadi tše diswa, eupša ba kwa ba nyaka go tseba tše ntši ka ga theknolotši ya ditšitale le tšhomišo ya dipapadi tša ditšitale tša go ithuta polelo. Ditšhišinyo di akaretša nyakego ya tlhabollo ya dipapadi tša ditšitale tše ntši tša maleba go ithuteng polelo le gore baithuti ba amogela serutiši sa maleba gore ba holege dipapading tša ditšitale. Nyakišišo ye bjalo nagamagaeng le papišo gare ga nyakišišo ye le nyakišišo ye bjalo gona e tla ba le mohola taetšong ya kwešišo ya barutiši le tšhomišo ya papadi ya ditšitale ya go ithuta polelo. nso
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (152 leaves) : color illustrations, color graphs
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Digital play en
dc.subject Digital technology en
dc.subject Grade R learners en
dc.subject Grade R teachers en
dc.subject Language acquisition en
dc.subject Teacher pedagogical beliefs en
dc.subject Information Communication Technology (ICT) en
dc.subject Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge Framework (TPACK) en
dc.subject Digitale spel af
dc.subject Digitale tegnologie af
dc.subject Graad R-leerders af
dc.subject Graad R-onderwysers af
dc.subject Taalverwerwing af
dc.subject Onderwysers se pedagogiese oortuigings af
dc.subject Inligting-kommunikasie-tegnologie (IKT) af
dc.subject Tegnologiese, Pedagogiese en Inhoud-kennis-raamwerk (TPACK) af
dc.subject Papadi ya ditsitale nso
dc.subject Theknolotsi ya ditsitale nso
dc.subject Baithuti ba kreiti R nso
dc.subject Barutisi ba kreiti R nso
dc.subject Go ithuta polelo nso
dc.subject Ditumelo tsa serutisi tsa morutisi nso
dc.subject Tshedimoso kgokagano theknolotsi (ICT) nso
dc.subject Foreimiweke ya teknolotsi, serutisi le tsebo ya diteng (TPACK) nso
dc.subject.ddc 372.60440968227
dc.subject.lcsh Language arts (Early childhood) -- South Africa -- Centurion -- Case studies en
dc.subject.lcsh Early childhood education -- South Africa -- Centurion -- Case studies en
dc.subject.lcsh Early childhood teachers -- South Africa -- Centurion -- Case studies en
dc.subject.lcsh Teacher effectiveness -- South Africa -- Centurion -- Case studies en
dc.subject.lcsh Educational games -- South Africa -- Centurion -- Case studies en
dc.subject.lcsh Educational technology -- South Africa -- Centurion -- Case studies en
dc.subject.lcsh Language acquisition -- Case studies en
dc.subject.lcsh Digital media -- South Africa -- Centurion -- Case studies en
dc.title Teachers' understanding and use of digital play for language acquisition in Grade R en
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.department Curriculum and Instructional Studies en
dc.description.degree M. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)


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