Digital practices are forging ahead in leaps and bounds.
Examining digital practices in early childhood education, this book seeks to inform the discussion on how digital technologies are best integrated into play-based pedagogy, and demonstrates effective practices that enhance childrens learning and development. With a range of international contributors, perspectives, and case studies, the fusion of play and portable technology is explored through contemporary research.
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Introduction |
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Part I Play and learning in a digital age |
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1 Children's playful encounters with iPads |
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2 Open-world games: An exploration of creative play |
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3 From play to media: A physical approach to digital media |
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4 Playing with technology outdoors |
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Part II Multimodel spaces, opportunities and agency |
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5 It is not only about the tools! Professional digital competence |
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6 Parents' perspectives on the use of touchscreen technology by 0-3-year-olds |
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7 Integrating technology to support children's agency and transition to school |
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8 The digital divide: Access, skills, use and ideological barriers |
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9 Digital inequity, access and provision: The experience of Irish-medium schools in Northern Ireland |
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10 Digital citizens: How preschool teachers and children communicate in a digital and global world |
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Part III Digitally enabled learning in the 21st century |
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11 An education-centred approach to digital media education |
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12 Teachers' digital practices in the classroom |
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13 Multimodal media production: Children's meaning making when producing animation in a play-based pedagogy |
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14 Mobile learning and the outdoors |
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15 Digital manipulatives and mathematics |
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Dr Colette Gray is a Chartered Developmental Psychologist at Stranmillis University College, a College of The Queens University of Belfast. She is a Principal Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies, was until very recently the Head of Research Development and a Visiting Professor (Child Development & Education) to the University of St Marks & St Johns Plymouth. She has studied and taught a range of undergraduate and post graduate degree modules to students for more than 20 years. Editor of the International Journal of Early Years Education, she continues to develop her research interests in the field of participatory research which children and marginalised groups, the impact of special needs on childrens learning, and the ethical implications of research involving vulnerable groups. Married for 40 years, she is the proud grandmother of three pre-schoolers Jacob (3 yrs 6mths), Isabelle (20 months) and Isaac (15 mths).
Dr. Ioanna Palaiologou CPsychol AFBPsS is an Academic Associate at the UCL Institute of Education. She is also a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society with a specialism in child development and learning theories. Her research interests focus on ethics, child development, the role of digital technologies and implications on pedagogy.
