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Research title

Digital Transformation and AI Application in Early Childhood Education in Vietnam: Awareness, Readiness, and Barriers

Overview

This repository contains the materials and metadata for a research paper presented in a national scientific conference proceeding. The study examines how early childhood education in Vietnam is adapting to digital transformation and artificial intelligence through teacher awareness, readiness, and implementation barriers.

Research summary

• Research design: descriptive survey research using data collected from 426 early childhood education teachers.
• Main objective: assess current awareness and readiness of teachers for digital technology and AI in the classroom, and identify key obstacles that limit practical adoption.
• Key finding: teachers reported a readiness score of 4.04 out of 5, but significant implementation barriers remain, including lack of digital skills (71.6%) and insufficient infrastructure.

Paper details

• Publication date: 2026-04-20
• Document type: National Scientific Conference Proceeding Article
• Language: Vietnamese (primary), English (abstract and keywords)
• Venue: National Scientific Conference Proceedings: Connecting Theory and Practice in Teacher Training
• Pages: 719–726
• ISBN: 978-604-937-450-0
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20150067
• Record URL: https://zenodo.org/records/20150067/latest
• Copyright: Maritime Publishing House
• Access status: Not for sale (Sách không bán)

Authors

• Primary author: Le Tuan Duc
• Primary affiliation: Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences (VNIES)
• Co-author: Le Tung Bach
• Corresponding email: duclt@vnies.edu.vn

Keywords

Digital transformation, Artificial intelligence (AI), early childhood education, digital competence, quality of interaction

Subject areas

Pedagogy, Early Childhood Education, Digital Transformation, AI Applications

Funding and support

• Funded by Muala Academy of Fine Arts (websitemulala.edu.vn)

Repository structure

• metadata/
  • Metadata.md — extracted metadata and detailed summary of the research paper.
• documents/
  • Supporting files and source materials, including the OCR document, cover/back pages, spreadsheet data, and presentation files.
• index.html — guest-friendly web page summarizing the research and linking to key documents.

Files

• metadata/Metadata.md — comprehensive metadata for the paper.
• documents/Thu moi viet bai HTKH 31.01_OCR.pdf — main document scan or OCR version.
• documents/cover.pdf — cover page.
• documents/back.pdf — back page.
• documents/db.xlsx — spreadsheet containing supplementary data.
• documents/pp.docx — presentation or proposal draft.
• documents/pp.pdf — exported presentation.
• index.html — simple web page for guest access.

How to use

1. Open metadata/Metadata.md for a structured summary of the research.
2. Review the main document in documents/Thu moi viet bai HTKH 31.01_OCR.pdf.
3. Use the supporting files in documents/ for additional context, figures, and data.
4. Open index.html in a browser for a quick guest-friendly overview.

Notes

This repository is organized to make the research accessible to reviewers and collaborators, separating metadata from original and supporting documents.