Digital Technology Use in Western Australian Early Years Centres: The Role of Directors, Educators And Parents in Guiding Young Children’s Engagement with Digital Technologies

This study investigated the digital technologies being used by, with and for young children across four diverse Western Australian early years centres. Results found evidence of the centres using digital technologies at an operational level, and for individual children. The recommendation is that ch...

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Main Author: Wilson, Sinead Colleen
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2023
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93975
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description This study investigated the digital technologies being used by, with and for young children across four diverse Western Australian early years centres. Results found evidence of the centres using digital technologies at an operational level, and for individual children. The recommendation is that children be allowed to exercise greater agency when interacting with digital technologies, and that centres develop context specific, clear, and useable policies to guide digital technology use in centres and with children.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-939752023-12-19T06:38:08Z Digital Technology Use in Western Australian Early Years Centres: The Role of Directors, Educators And Parents in Guiding Young Children’s Engagement with Digital Technologies Wilson, Sinead Colleen This study investigated the digital technologies being used by, with and for young children across four diverse Western Australian early years centres. Results found evidence of the centres using digital technologies at an operational level, and for individual children. The recommendation is that children be allowed to exercise greater agency when interacting with digital technologies, and that centres develop context specific, clear, and useable policies to guide digital technology use in centres and with children. 2023 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93975 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Wilson, Sinead Colleen
Digital Technology Use in Western Australian Early Years Centres: The Role of Directors, Educators And Parents in Guiding Young Children’s Engagement with Digital Technologies
title Digital Technology Use in Western Australian Early Years Centres: The Role of Directors, Educators And Parents in Guiding Young Children’s Engagement with Digital Technologies
title_full Digital Technology Use in Western Australian Early Years Centres: The Role of Directors, Educators And Parents in Guiding Young Children’s Engagement with Digital Technologies
title_fullStr Digital Technology Use in Western Australian Early Years Centres: The Role of Directors, Educators And Parents in Guiding Young Children’s Engagement with Digital Technologies
title_full_unstemmed Digital Technology Use in Western Australian Early Years Centres: The Role of Directors, Educators And Parents in Guiding Young Children’s Engagement with Digital Technologies
title_short Digital Technology Use in Western Australian Early Years Centres: The Role of Directors, Educators And Parents in Guiding Young Children’s Engagement with Digital Technologies
title_sort digital technology use in western australian early years centres: the role of directors, educators and parents in guiding young children’s engagement with digital technologies
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93975