Children and teachers engaging together with digital technology in early childhood education and care institutions: a literature review.
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| Title: | Children and teachers engaging together with digital technology in early childhood education and care institutions: a literature review. |
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| Authors: | Undheim, Marianne1 Marianne.undheim@uis.no |
| Source: | European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. Jun2022, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p472-489. 18p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts. |
| Subject Terms: | *Early childhood education, *Teacher education, *Curriculum, Digital technology, Empirical research |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this literature review is to identify patterns and discuss key perspectives from empirical studies published during the last decade that explore how young children (birth to six years old) and teachers together engage with digital technologies in early childhood education and care institutions. An inductive thematic analysis results in five key perspectives: 1) digital play is real play; 2) disconnected contexts; 3) teachers' knowledge and beliefs; 4) learning with and from technology; and 5) children as creators. The findings demonstrate the importance of defining digital technology in a broad way. Further, several of the articles highlight teachers' reflections and judgements regarding how they can implement and embed digital technology into their pedagogical practice. Based on the findings, I suggest that a more explicit focus on digital technology be embedded into pedagogical practice in national ECEC curricula, as well as in national guidelines for EC teacher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Education Research Complete |
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