Creating and implementation of educational materials in early childhood education through digital fabrication
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https://doi.org/10.51302/tce.2024.19351Keywords:
didactic material, digital fabrication, 3D printing, cutting plotter, early childhood education, Egyptian glyphs, technologyAbstract
The current use of new technologies has revolutionized the way tasks are approached and solved. One interesting application of these technological advancements is the ability for educators (men and women) to create personalized and innovative teaching materials for various educational stages. The proposed approach uses digital design and fabrication technologies to create three customized teaching materials for learning Egyptian hieroglyphs in early childhood education. Based on the specific curriculum being taught at the educational center –which focused on Egyptian culture–, several tools were created: stamps made of foam rubber for writing on papyrus, acetate templates for writing on recycled paper using a cutting plotter, and 3D printed stamps for imprinting on clay. These teaching materials were tested in a classroom of 20 students (boys and girls) in the second year of the early childhood education cycle. Through the implementation of various activities, the materials were evaluated in terms of their suitability for early childhood education, usability, and the quality of the results. Finally, although the teachers and future educators were initially unfamiliar with the tools used to create the materials, they found them to be very functional and practical. They believe that these tools could generate multiple motivating proposals suitable for the students' age, based on the results obtained from the validation in the classroom.
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