This study is the first to systematically investigate the extent to which apps for children aged
0–5 foster play and creativity. There is growing evidence of children's use of tablets, but …

This chapter provides an overview of the activities of the COST Action 'Digital Literacy and
Multimodal Practices of Young Children'and outlines the theoretical basis for much of the …

Touch screen tablets and story book apps provide opportunities for teachers to support
young children's shared reading experiences. Much research has examined the benefits of …

In this paper, the intersections of play and learning across the concrete and digital domains
in early childhood settings are explored and illustrated. Play is an important component in …

This chapter discusses the findings of an ethnographic case study investigating the
implementation of mobile learning at an early childhood centre in Hawkes Bay, New …

This study was implemented with 540 early-ages pre-service teachers during three
academic courses in Spain. Students designed their own didactic proposals with …

The Children's Centre in the Faculty of Education at the University of New Brunswick (UNB)
was established in 1975. Conceived as a demonstration classroom for the early childhood …

The Ministry of Education (2017) projects that FDK will pay dividends for all children by
supporting their social, emotional, and cognitive development; improving their reading …

En un mundo en constante cambio, las jóvenes generaciones necesitan desarrollar
habilidades científicas como competencias básicas para la escuela y para la vida. El trabajo …

Nowadays online and mobile technologies have become a part of children's daily lives,
whatever the cultural and geographic context. The wide infrastructure of online digital …