Iqra Asim

University of Health Sciences Lahore, Nursing, Graduate Student

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Nursing Research Supervisor guiding the next generation of nurse scientists.
Mentoring future leaders in evidence based Nursing practice.
Experienced Nursing Research.
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Dedicated to advancing nursing. knowledge through rigorous research.

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Teaching Early Years Children during COVID-19 through Digital Technologies

Journal of early childhood care and education, Oct 1, 2021

COVID 19 has transformed the modes of formal schooling for early childhood education from physica... more COVID 19 has transformed the modes of formal schooling for early childhood education from physical face to face formations to virtual interactive arrangements. This sudden outbreak created uncertainty as well as unknown fear among the masses. This grave situation and unexpected obligatory closure of early childhood schools has deprived many children to attend schools. This qualitative study was planned to explore the effect of modern technologies in engaging early learners during this period. Twenty early childhood education teachers and head teachers of public and private schools of a metropolitan city of Pakistan were interviewed. The results revealed that the education authorities accepted this situation as a challenge for engaging young children at their homes through latest technologies and software applications. It helped children to come out from the psychological melancholy and panic of the pandemic during the lockdowns. Parents and teachers faced many problems for provision of digital equipments and access to internet. They also faced quandary of not being well versed with the use of latest gadgets, software and social media for the purpose of teaching early years' children. The practitioners are supposed to work for using such technologies on regular basis by adopting the blended learning approach at early childhood education level.

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Teaching Early Years Children during COVID-19 through Digital Technologies

Journal of Early Childhood Care and Education (JECCE), 2021

Covid 19 outbreak has its considerable effects on whole education system. Due to forced school cl... more Covid 19 outbreak has its considerable effects on whole education system. Due to forced school closure many students have left schools. This study was conducted to check the influence of digital technologies on early childhood education during covid-19. Data were collected through convenience sampling technique. Respondents of this study were consisting on twenty teachers and head teachers of public and private schools of early childhood education. Data were collected through audio and written interviews. The findings of this study revealed that a number of ways were adopted effectively to transmit education to children at their home i.e. online Google classrooms and live sessions in Whatsapp groups, and Google meet/zoom, Blended learning system (LMS), skype.com, youtube.com, Go to meeting.com, Blacknoard.com, Zoom etc. Some challenges were also found in this study such as internet access issue, electricity issue, lack of technological equipment’s (laptop/ smart phones) lake of stud...

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Teaching Early Years Children during COVID-19 through Digital Technologies

Journal of early childhood care and education, Oct 1, 2021

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Teaching Early Years Children during COVID-19 through Digital Technologies

Journal of Early Childhood Care and Education (JECCE), 2021

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