Sentiment analysis of preschool teachers’ perceptions on ICT use for young children
Mohd Ridzwan Yaakub, Filzah Zahilah Mohamed Zaki, Muhammad Iqbal Abu Latiffi, Susan J. Danby · 2019
Sentiment analysis in gaining more attention as it is increasingly used in multiple domains, including in interpreting educational data. The article uses sentiment analysis technique to understand the early childhood educators reported beliefs (perception) on young children's ICT use. The dataset was obtained from a comparative study of early childhood educators from two countries, Australia and Malaysia. The result shows a similar outcome where most teachers agreed upon the benefits of ICT use and conclude more positive sentiment polarity.This paper summarizes the findings using sentiment analysis as well as comparing it to the quantitative data obtained from the survey.