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Kervin, Lisa; Comber, B. – Theory Into Practice, 2021
Many young children engage independently and/or collaboratively in self-initiated digital experiences. These experiences vary and may include digital play or gaming, web searching, communication with others, and with curriculum and entertainment-related content. Yet children's digital experiences are contingent upon the design of the technologies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Books, Technology Uses in Education
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Murcia, Karen; Pepper, Coral; Joubert, Mathilda; Cross, Emma; Wilson, Sinead – Issues in Educational Research, 2020
We present research that explored digital coding in an Australian early years learning centre and how it impacted on a focus group of 3 and 4-year-old children's creativity. The questions that guided the design experimental method were: (1) how do young children develop and demonstrate creativity when learning through play with digital coding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Creative Thinking, Creativity
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Papadakis, Stamatios, Ed.; Kalogiannakis, Michail, Ed. – Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, 2022
This book brings together a collection of work from around the world in order to consider effective STEM, robotics, mobile apps education from a range of perspectives. It presents valuable perspectives--both practical and theoretical--that enrich the current STEM, robotics, mobile apps education agenda. As such, the book makes a substantial…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Robotics, Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices
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Verenikina, Irina; Kervin, Lisa; Rivera, Maria Clara; Lidbetter, Alison – Global Studies of Childhood, 2016
This study builds on and contributes to research on digital play with young children. Previous research has examined digital play from different viewpoints, but no studies have specifically addressed young children's perspectives as they interact with applications (apps) that have been designed specifically for their age group. While our review of…
Descriptors: Play, Information Technology, Computer Oriented Programs, Childrens Attitudes
Gervasoni, Ann; Lowrie, Tom; Logan, Tracy; Larkin, Kevin; Bateup, Claudette; Kinny-Lewis, Caroline – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2017
The symposium provides an overview of the Early Years STEM Australia (ELSA) program. The conceptual underpinnings of the program are framed within STEM practices, rather than traditional thinking concerning the integration of discipline content knowledge. We will argue that our focus on practices is more aligned with the play-based and intentional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Early Childhood Education, Play
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Gou, He; Dezuanni, Michael – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2018
This article develops insights and generates new lines of inquiry into young children's digital lives in China and Australia. It brings to dialogue findings from a national study of young children's digital media use in urban settings in China with findings from studies in Australia. This is not presented as a direct comparison, but rather as an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Cultural Differences, Preschool Children