We aimed to achieve the following: a. To raise early school teaching undergraduates' awareness of Distance Learning Practices that could be used b. To contribute to eliminating the challenges which they will face while teaching children 3-7 years c. To meet them with innovative teaching activities that could be used to accelerate the learning processes of children 3-7 years d. To contribute to the personal development of children 3-7 years in terms of fostering all children's skills together with their peers with diversified backgrounds and personal features by raising prospective teachers' awareness e. To obtain genuine, valid and reliable data on the needs of prospective teachers related to the teaching activities to engage children 3-7 years in the learning process more effectively The project aimed to provide a methodology to support European teachers, parents, and young children about how best to utilize digital and online technologies to develop multimodal practices and to provide kindergarten and primary school teachers and tutors, Associated Partners and Stakeholders, and the European educational systems with a pedagogical methodology and some guidelines to design a Methodology for Online Education autonomously
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted weaknesses in early childhood education systems, especially during the period when kindergartens and primary schools had to remain closed. As older students were able to attend online classes, children in the age bracket of 3-7 years had many difficulties with considering, learning and communicating in a digital environment. This action was taken as a response to the necessity contained in these above-said requirements. Providing online education for young children called for raising some questions related to adult presence, teaching techniques most suitable for children’s ages, and safe spaces for practice. Further, both teachers and children’s parents were most of the time untrained for an online learning process. They did not have relevant experience to interest small children in online activities. This project sought to grant various beneficiaries such as teachers, undergraduates in the science of education, and families, necessary training and resources that enabled them to help small children engage in remote learning activities. The strategy aimed at narrowing the digital divide for and those supporting young children by developing their competencies in digital education.