Investigating Young Children’s Social Interactions During Digital Play.

Autor/inn/en	Disney, Leigh; Geng, Gretchen
Titel	Investigating Young Children’s Social Interactions During Digital Play.
Quelle	In: Early childhood education journal, (2021) 8, S.1449-1459Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-3301
DOI	10.1007/s10643-021-01275-1
Schlagwörter	Social learning; Digital play; Social interactions; Social behaviours
Abstract	Abstract In digital play, social interactions have aroused much debate among early childhood stakeholders, particularly in the areas of young children’s social learning and their domains of development. The main concern of early childhood educators is the limits of children’s social interactions occurring in digital play. This study used a four-week semi-structured field observation of eighty 3–4-year-old children within three Australian childcare centres to investigate children’s social interaction whilst involved in digital play using iPads. Seven different forms of social interactions were identified during children’s digital play. Furthermore, it was found that although children showed high levels of engagement during digital play, only observing others does not always impact children’s engagement during digital play. Rather self-reflection influences how children engage and choose their own course of action within digital play. Early childhood educators and parents may find this paper useful in understanding various children’s social interactions during their digital play to program effective, appropriate and meaningful experiences for young children.
Erfasst von	OLC
Update	2023/2/05