Pre-service Preschool Teachers' Opinions on Technology Education in Kindergarten

Participation in a technological society demands deep and critical understanding of technology and its impact on each individual, the environment and society. Achieving technological literacy has become an imperative of national policies; hence, the role of education and adequate teacher training has become vital. In recent years, research in technology education has begun incorporating studies of preschool, but technology education in preschool still remains less studied. The research focuses on technological literacy of pre-service preschool teachers. Most of them think that technology, technology education and knowledge are very important for preschool teachers even if they consider their aptitudes to be low. Part-time students, in comparison to full-time students, exhibit higher technological literacy and more highly assess the impact of everyday technological environment on the lives of individuals, the need for technological knowledge in the lives of modern people, the importance of technology education in kindergarten, the importance of technological knowledge for quality professional work of preschool teachers, the importance of technology education during their study at the faculty, and their own competencies in the technological field.