Digital storytelling in early childhood education and care: teacher training in the STORIES project

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Volume 26 Issue 2, 2018 - Dossier
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Published: Jul 30, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17471/2499-4324/963
Keywords:
Digital Storytelling, Teacher Education, Educational Technology, Media Literacy, Early Childhood Education and Care, Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL).

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Andrea Zini
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4803-6569
Chiara Bertolini
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Lorenzo Manera
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Annamaria Contini
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Abstract

The key themes addressed by the Erasmus Plus STORIES project (2015-2018) are the promotion of media literacy practices in early childhood education and teachers’ professional development in media education. One of the main outcomes already achieved is a training course on digital storytelling in early childhood education. Dedicated to in-service preschool teachers, the course was provided in the four countries involved in the project: Italy, Finland, Germany and Turkey. The course was designed to address all the components foreseen in the TPACK model. The paper explores the training course structure, the key contents and the activities implemented.

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Vol. 26 No. 2 (2018): Dossier: Educational technology and Tangible-Intangible Cultural Heritage
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Author Biographies

Andrea Zini, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Ph.D.Research Associate
Department of Education and Humanities

Chiara Bertolini, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Assistant Professor

Department of Education and Humanities
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Lorenzo Manera, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Ph.D Student

Doctoral School in Human Sciences

Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Annamaria Contini, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Associate Professor

Dept. of Education and Human Sciences

Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

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