Teachers ‘perceptions about collaboration and inclusion using a tangible digital storytelling tool (i-theater) in pre-school and primary education: the included project research pilot study

  1. Fabio Filosofi 2
  2. Cristina Alonso-Campuzano 1
  3. Angela Pasqualotto 2
  4. Giuseppe Iandolo 1
  1. 1 Universidad Europea de Madrid
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    Universidad Europea de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04dp46240

  2. 2 University of Trento
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    University of Trento

    Trento, Italia

    ROR https://ror.org/05trd4x28

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Editorial: IATED Academy

ISSN: 2340-1117

ISBN: 978-84-09-31267-2

Año de publicación: 2021

Páginas: 1974-1983

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Resumen

This study analyzes the teachers' perception on the use of i-Theatre, a digital-tangible interactivesystem. The study involved 40 pre-school and primary school educators in Italy as part of the INCLUDEDProject. INCLUDED "Inclusive childhood education supported by multimedia and digital storytelling" isa training and action-research project promoted by the European Commission (Erasmus+) and severalinstitutions and educational centers from Italy, Spain, and Finland. The project aims to favor social skills)and narrative competence through collaborative activities using i-Theatre. This tool links themultisensorial dimension of drawing, storytelling, and digital tools in classroom experiences with digitaland tangible interfaces. The INCLUDED study is divided into two phases: a pilot and an experimentalphase. This pilot study explores the initial contact between students, teachers, and the i-Theatre byexamining the teachers' perception on their experience. During this phase, teachers involved in theproject had the opportunity to use the i-Theatre tool in their classes and were then invited to answer aquestionnaire about their experience. Finally, individual semi-interviews were conducted with a part ofthe cohort to collect more focused data on their experience. Quantitative and qualitative analysis ofquestionnaire and interview data was performed. The results show that teachers consider thisexperience and the i-Theatre tool of high interest for educators, as they report positive effects oncollaboration and student engagement from the first session.

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