Access and Use of Digital Technologies in Early Childhood: A Review of Mixed Messages in Popular Media

Teichert, Laura; Anderson, Jim; Anderson, Ann; Hare, J. Laurence; McTavish, Marianne

doi:10.20360/langandlit29546

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“…However, only five of the 31 (16.12%) reviewed articles reported negative effects of using digital technologies in the home, such as those adversely affecting children's physical (e.g., obesity and brain damage) or psychological health (e.g., distraction and false self‐confidence). While the negative effects of digital technologies have been reported by several researchers (García‐Jiménez et al, 2018; Herodotou, 2018; Stevens & Muslow, 2006; Teichert, 2020a, 2020b; Teichert et al, 2021; Tristán‐López & Ylizaliturri‐Salcedo, 2014), insufficient research evidence is available to conclude that the negative effects of digital technologies outweigh its positive effects.…”

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“…While the negative effects of digital technologies have been reported by several researchers (García-Jiménez et al, 2018;Herodotou, 2018;Stevens & Muslow, 2006;Teichert, 2020aTeichert, , 2020bTeichert et al, 2021;Tristán-L opez & Ylizaliturri-Salcedo, 2014), insufficient research evidence is available to conclude that the negative effects of digital technologies outweigh its positive effects. Indeed, although few scholars examined both the negative and positive effects of digital technologies, there is broad agreement that F I G U R E 1 0 Age ranges of children reported in the reviewed studies.…”

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“…Furthermore, previous studies (Marsh, 2006; Plowman et al, 2008) demonstrated that televisions, DVD players, MP3 players, and cameras were popular technological devices in the home context. However, recent studies (Neumann, 2015; Rideout, 2017; Teichert et al, 2021) have revealed a significant increase and widespread adoption of digital tools among children, including touch screen tablets, apps, and internet usage within the home context. These developments could potentially impact home digital literacy practices, underscoring the importance of monitoring these changes over time.…”

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The impact of parent mediation on young children's home digital literacy practices and learning: A narrative review

Soyoof,

Reynolds,

Neumann

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Computer Assisted Learning

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BackgroundIn today's society, a growing body of literature attests to the importance of young children's early digital literacy skills in their home environments and how acquisition of these digital literacy skills relates to their future learning and digital literacy.ObjectivesResearch on young children's digital literacy practices at home was reviewed to explore the positive and negative influences on early learning. This is important due to the children's rapid uptake of online digital technologies over the past decade.MethodsPeer‐reviewed research articles on home digital literacy practices of children (aged 0–8 years old) published between 2010 and 2021 from four education databases were carefully selected based upon pre‐determined criteria and examined using content analysis.Results and ConclusionA high proportion of studies (29 of the 31; 93.5%) demonstrated significant benefits of young children gaining a range of skills, including digital operational, early literacy and language, socio‐emotional, and STEM, through the use of digital technologies at home. Five of the 31 (16.12%) studies reported negative effects of digital technologies in the home context, including distraction, aggressive behaviour, and false self‐confidence. Tablets and smartphone use gained greater momentum in the home context, especially between 2015 and 2021, and there was a positive shift in parental mediation, family involvement, and the children's home digital literacy practices.ImplicationsBy leveraging children's acquisition of digital literacy skills in the home and taking into account the sociocultural context, we can enhance young children's preparation for the future and provide opportunities for skill development across various learning domains.

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The impact of parent mediation on young children's home digital literacy practices and learning: A narrative review

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Reynolds,

Neumann

et al. 2023

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“…At the global level, several leading studies in creativity and developmental science have produced designs for play models based on digital technology to foster young children's curiosity, confidence, and resilience in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic (Ernst and Burcak, 2019;Teichert et al, 2021;Burke et al, 2023). At the height of the pandemic, digital technology strengthened the skills young children need through play (Tonkin, 2019;Kauffmann et al, 2020;Lourenço et al, 2021).…”

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Building resilience beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: can it work through creative play with digital puzzles?

Damayanti,

Syarif Sumantri,

Nurani

2024

Front. Educ.

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The COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has had significant repercussions for early childhood education. In this article, we begin by discussing the impact of a world health pandemic on education and the challenges of conducting a literature review following the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we examine the challenges of conducting a literature review on building resilience in young children in the digital era. The four sections categorize the resilience literature into the following themes: (1) defining resilience in young children, (2) powerful play for resilience in young children beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, (3) creative play building resilience in young children, and (4) digital puzzles for resilience: the case of early childhood classrooms in Indonesia. Each of the four themes is presented with a narrative whose content is current, followed by a literary consensus. The article ends with changes to build resilience in young children using creative play through digital puzzles. Digital puzzles as media for creative play support young children in developing skills that will make them happier and more resilient in overcoming daily hardships. Young children can become individuals who successfully face daily hardships creatively to reconstruct themselves after experiencing bad conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, children's access to both school and peers has been severely limited due to a transition to remote digital learning. Digital play became, for many children, the only venue by which to engage in peer play and socialization, yet parents carried concerns over their children's screen-time (Teichert et al, 2021). Overuse of screen-time is certainly a concern; even before the pandemic, children's screen-time and preferences towards digital play were on the rise, exemplified in part by young children's ease of access to tablets and digital apps (Lowrie & Larkin 2020).…”

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Children’s digital play as collective family resilience in the face of the pandemic

Burke

Kumpulainen

Smith

2023

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

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In this article we explore how digital play as conducted through various social media and online meeting platforms facilitated resiliency and confidence building in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using day-in-the-life methodology and narrative inquiry, we disseminate and examine observations collected on children aged 2-10 during lockdown in a Newfoundland neighbourhood. Children utilized platforms such as TikTok, YouTube, and Zoom to embrace their agentic digital play in ways that repurposed the platforms to fulfil life milestones and social needs otherwise impacted and disrupted by pandemic restrictions. Through a series of vignettes and interviews, our research not only examines how such digital play benefits children and their healthy development, but how parents reacted to and assisted with their children’s agentic digital platform manipulation and how this provided positive benefits and enriching experiences to the entire family. We additionally explore the conflicts and tensions both children and parents encountered in securely implementing free play via digital platforms, including fears of excess screen-time, digital dependency, and online threats, all of which risk limiting children’s ability to independently explore their creativity and identities through digital play if not handled sensitively. Despite the hurdles to implementing digital play, this study exposes why it is essential for families to navigate this online terrain; this study ultimately poses that digital play and online platforms not only were beneficial to maintaining and building family resilience during the pandemic but will be vital assets in sustaining resiliency and positive mindsets moving forward with pandemic recovery.

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Access and Use of Digital Technologies in Early Childhood: A Review of Mixed Messages in Popular Media

Cited by 5 publications

References 38 publications

The impact of parent mediation on young children's home digital literacy practices and learning: A narrative review

The impact of parent mediation on young children's home digital literacy practices and learning: A narrative review

Building resilience beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: can it work through creative play with digital puzzles?

Children’s digital play as collective family resilience in the face of the pandemic

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