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ERIC Number: EJ1470499
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1082-3301
EISSN: EISSN-1573-1707
Available Date: 2024-04-20
Broadening the Notion of Peer-to-Peer Interactions When Young Children Engage with Digital Technology
Early Childhood Education Journal, v53 n5 p1341-1353 2025
Young children engage with digital technologies from a very young age. Often this is considered detrimental to their social development as it is seen as a socially isolating experience. This paper presents the findings of an Australian Research Council funded research project that focused on what characterises infants and toddlers peer-to-peer interactions while engaging with digital technologies such as iPads. The project involved five Family Day Care educators and 23 children aged 8 to 36 months from diverse cultural backgrounds, over a three-year period from an Australian state. The data analysed consisted of researcher recorded and educator recorded videos of the children engaging in experiences involving digital technologies in their family day care programs. These experiences were chosen by the educators after attending a professional development session. A broader understanding of the notion of interactions is proposed to fully appreciate and represent the many peer-to-peer interactions observed. Through a social capital lens, there were elements of social networks, trust and reciprocity evident.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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Author Affiliations: 1Deakin University, School of Education, Faculty of Arts & Education, Geelong, Australia