Facilitating Kindergarten Teachers’ Positive Education Through an Online Digital Storytelling Workshop

In early childhood education (ECE), positive education is important for children’s well-being and holistic development. However, there is little research on positive education in ECE, and kindergarten teachers lack the knowledge and training for its implementation. Digital storytelling is a novel and child-friendly teaching approach that can be applied in different learning domains. Our study aimed to design a digital storytelling workshop for kindergarten teachers to equip them with digital storytelling skills that could be applied in positive education. A total of 15 teachers from a Hong Kong kindergarten participated in this digital storytelling online professional development program through the Zoom and Padlet platforms. We used the observation method to capture teachers’ perceptions, dialogues, and behaviors, collecting a total of 300 min of activity videos, researchers’ field notes, teachers’ storyboards, final videos, and reflections on Padlet for the data analysis. Based on a thematic analysis, we found that teachers had positive feelings about this digital storytelling workshop, believing that it improved their digital storytelling skills and facilitated their provision of positive education and other activities. This study contributes to the development of positive education and digital storytelling, highlighting the necessity of online professional development and providing effective strategies for ECE practitioners.