This book provides an in-depth analysis of the challenges, potential and theoretical possibilities of apps and considers the processes of change for education and home learning environments. Drawing together a diverse team of international contributors, it addresses the specific features, context of use and content of apps to uncover the importance of these tools for young children’s learning.Apps, Technology and Younger Learners focuses on ways that apps support early years and primary school learning, connect various learning spaces and engage children in a range of edutainment and knowledge-building activities. In each chapter, the current state of knowledge and key research questions in the field for future study are identified, with clear messages provided at the end of each chapter.Focusing on empirical studies and strong theoretical frameworks, this book covers four key parts: Understanding the learning potential of children’s apps; Key app challenges; Empirical evidence; Future avenues.This book is an essential guide for educators, post-graduate students, researchers and all those interested in the advantages or challenges that may result from integrating apps into early education.
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Part 1: Understanding the learning potential of children’s apps1. Apps and learning: A sociocultural perspective Roger Säljö2. Learning from apps in the home: Parents and play Jenny Radesky & Barry Zuckerman3. First principles of teaching reading with e-Books in the primary grades Kathleeen RoskosPart 2: Key app challenges4. Reading between the lines: Market scan and analysis of language and literacy-focused children’s apps Sarah E. Vaala5 Teaching and learning with tablets: A case study of 21st century skills and new learning Nicola Yelland6. App Maps: Evaluating children's iPad software for 21st century literacy learning Karen E. Wohlwend and Jennifer Rowsell7. Touch design and narrative interpretation: A social semiotic approach to picture book apps Sumin Zhao and Len Unsworth8. Put their learning in their hands: Apps supporting self-regulated learningJulie Mueller, Karin Archer, Eileen Wood and Domenica De PasqualePart 3: Empirical evidence9. The use of tablet technology to support development of early mathematical skills: A cross-cultural comparison Nicola J Pitchford and Laura Outhwaite10. "Makes learning easier – they’re active": Using apps in early years mathematics Nigel Calder11. Adults and children make meaning together with E-books Kathrin Rees, Susan Rvachew and Aparna Nadig12. Literacy teaching with tablets in bilingual primary classrooms: The Malta Tablet study Charles l. Mifsud and Louisa Grech13. iPad-supported learning and development for a child with mild cerebral palsy Elaine Khoo14. Enhancing science learning with BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) in a primary school in Hong Kong Yanjie Song and Wai Ying Ku15. Bringing Pudsey to Life: Young children’s use of augmented reality apps Jackie Marsh and Dylan Yamada-Rice16. Young Children in an Education Context: Apps, cultural agency and expanding communicative repertoiresKaren DanielsPart 4: Future Avenues17. Digital play: Conceptualising the relation between real, augmented and virtual realities Marilyn Fleer18. iPads, apps and student thinking skill development Garry Falloon19. Trans- and intra- apps: innovating the app market and use Natalia Kucirkova20. A model of mobile knowledge building with apps for pre-service teacher education Kevin Burden
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ISBN
9781138927889
Publisert
2016-10-19
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
510 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
306

Biographical note

Natalia Kucirkova is Senior Lecturer in Childhood, Youth and Education Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Garry Falloon is Associate Professor in the School of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.