ABSTRACT

The authors introduce a Digital Book Project that was implemented in an early childhood literacy course for preservice teachers. The project required preservice teachers to explore digital libraries to build a repertoire of high-quality children’s literature that they could one day place in their own classroom libraries. The purpose of this study is to examine how a Digital Book Project influenced teacher candidates’ perspectives of early childhood classroom libraries. Specifically, it investigates how leveraging technology can support teacher candidates’ appreciation for diverse books from a broad range of genres, and how that might influence their selection and instructional application of children’s literature in their future classrooms. The authors describe the project’s design and student perspectives, and conclude with insights on how digital libraries can be used in hybrid and online teacher preparation courses in a post-COVID19 world.Key Words: multicultural education, children’s literature, digital libraries, classroom libraries, early childhood education.

摘要

作者介绍了在面向职前教师的幼儿扫盲课程中实施的数字图书项目。该项目要求职前教师探索数字图书馆，以建立一套高质量的儿童文学作品，有一天他们可以将这些作品放在自己的课堂图书馆中。本研究的目的是检查数字图书项目如何影响教师候选人对幼儿课堂图书馆的看法。具体而言，它调查了利用技术如何支持教师候选人对来自广泛类型的不同书籍的欣赏，以及这可能如何影响他们在未来课堂中对儿童文学的选择和教学应用。作者描述了项目的设计和学生的观点，