Computers in Reception Schools—A Case of Gaborone, Botswana

The Issue of Holistic Development of Young Children in ECE Centres of Botswana

“…They show more turn taking behaviour which form attachments with others and show participation in educational and cooperative play activities. Thus, to enhance social development, a skillful teacher should be guided by a curriculum to select appropriate tasks that would serve as catalyst for social interaction and conversations and encourage their growth by pairing children or guiding conversation among the children about their common pursuit [3]. Not only that, they need to be guided that the best way to help children and to develop healthy lifestyle attitudes as was behaviors is to provide children with love and nurturing that builds strong, positive self-images based on attributes other than appearance e.g., kindness, trying hard, sharing, doing well in sports or school, etc.…”

“…Development of their cognitive abilities take to new levels of richness and reflectivity and the resulting thoughtfulness allows for greater sophistication in the related areas of social relationships and selfdirected learning. Thus there is also a need to provide an appropriate ECE curriculum to the teachers that could guide them as how to provide cognitive development using appropriate curricular activities, and encourage children's involvement in creative play, mastery learning, problem solving and conversation in order to prepare them to face challenges and make them proficient in applying cognitive skills [3]. And the ECE teachers must provide opportunities for development of cognitive abilities to facilitate a bootstrapping of learning by development, and of development by learning [20].…”

Eği̇li̇mler Ve Konular: Okul Öncesi̇ Dönemd

“…Among all the studies, only two were conducted to investigate the effects of technological tools on both the development of young children and teachers' classroom practices (Bose, 2005;Yin & Yim, 2007). Specifically, Bose (2005) chose a mixed methodology in order to examine the appropriate integration of computers into the curriculum and found that if technological tools were integrated with other activities, it was easier to reach the desired outcomes.…”