DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY FROM THE ASPECT OF FUTURE TEACHERS AND TEACHER IN PRESCHOOL IN THE FIELD OF NATURE AND SOCIETY

Abstract

: Researches point out that using digital technology increase the motivation of learning process and opens a lot of possibilities of using it on natural science and social studies, for example a virtual tour of Kalemegdan, museums. Digital technology provides an opportunity for entertainment and education in the lives of adults and children, and we wanted to explore how future teachers and teachers in preschool see the same in working with students. The aim of the paper was to determine the opinion of future teachers and teachers in preschool on the application of modern technology in work with children. The fourth-year students at Teacher Education Faculty were used as the representative sample. Descriptive method was used, while the instrument for determining the students’ opinion was a Likertscale which consisted items which dealt with the application of modern technology in work with children in the field of natural science and social studies. The results imply that the majority of the participants completely agree that preschool children and younger school-age children should use computers mostly for educational purposes and least for entertainment purposes.The results of the t-test indicate that there is no statistically significant difference in opinion between future teachers and teachers in preschool when we concedering a connection between the level of digital development skills of teachers and their influence on students digital skills development. An encouraging result is that the participants recognize the importance of the application of modern technology, but also that digital technology in the classes of Nature and Society can not replace staying and activities in nature. One of the restrictions of this research was a relatively small sample of the participants, as well as the urban environment, so the next research could be realized with a larger sample of students in smaller cities or rural areas.