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Young children playing and learning in a digital age : a cultural and critical perspective /

By: Stephen, Christine [author.].
Contributor(s): Edwards, Susan, 1975- [author.] | European Early Childhood Education Research Association.
Series: Towards an ethical praxis in early childhood.Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2018Description: xiii, 160 pages : iluustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781138654686; 9781138654686:; 113865468X; 9781138654693; 1138654698.Subject(s): Early childhood education -- Computer-assisted instruction | Early childhood education -- Computer assisted instruction | Computers and children | Internet and children | Digital electronics | PlayDDC classification: 372.21
Contents:
Towards a new knowledge perspective -- A history of knowledge transformations and technological innovation -- A communication evolution : the internet, world wide web and participatory media -- Learning and technologies -- Digital play -- Digital technology use and uptake by young children -- Moral panic : social and cultural values -- Children, families and technologies -- Towards a cultural and critical perspective on playing and learning in the digital age.
Summary: 'Young Children Playing and Learning in a Digital Age' explores the emergence of the digital age and young children's experiences with digital technologies at home and in educational environments. Drawing on theory and research-based evidence, this book makes an important contribution to understanding the contemporary experiences of young children in the digital age. It argues that a cultural and critically informed perspective allows educators, policy-makers and parents to make sense of children's digital experiences as they play and learn, enabling informed decision-making about future early years curriculum and practices at home and in early learning and care settings.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Towards a new knowledge perspective -- A history of knowledge transformations and technological innovation -- A communication evolution : the internet, world wide web and participatory media -- Learning and technologies -- Digital play -- Digital technology use and uptake by young children -- Moral panic : social and cultural values -- Children, families and technologies -- Towards a cultural and critical perspective on playing and learning in the digital age.

'Young Children Playing and Learning in a Digital Age' explores the emergence of the digital age and young children's experiences with digital technologies at home and in educational environments. Drawing on theory and research-based evidence, this book makes an important contribution to understanding the contemporary experiences of young children in the digital age. It argues that a cultural and critically informed perspective allows educators, policy-makers and parents to make sense of children's digital experiences as they play and learn, enabling informed decision-making about future early years curriculum and practices at home and in early learning and care settings.

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