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Young children's internet cognition
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posted on 2015-01-01, 00:00 authored by S Edwards, Helen Skouteris, Andrea NolanAndrea Nolan, M HendersonIn the past fi ve years young children's access to and usage of the internet has burgeoned, mostly due to the availability of internet-enabled, touch-screen and mobile technologies. While this creates exciting learning opportunities for young children, internet activity in this age-bracket raises several issues of practical, research and pedagogical concern. Two of the most pertinent concerns outlined in the literature - conceptions of cyber-safety and digital literacies - are focused on in this chapter. We suggest that an understanding of young children's thinking about the internet - their "internet cognition" - is a necessary precursor to learning about internet safety and digital literacies. Without such knowledge it is problematic to expect teachers to know how and what to teach in relation to both cybersafety and digital literacies. The chapter concludes by proposing a research and pedagogical agenda for early childhood education in an eff ort to establish a knowledge base for the fi eld regarding young children's "internet cognition".
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Understanding digital technologies and young children: an international perspectiveChapter number
4Pagination
38 - 45Publisher
RoutledgePlace of publication
Abingdon, Eng.Publisher DOI
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978-1138804418ISBN-10
113880441XLanguage
engPublication classification
B1 Book chapter; B Book chapterCopyright notice
2015, RoutledgeExtent
12Editor/Contributor(s)
S Garvis, N LemonUsage metrics
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