From technology as tool to digitally mediated contexts for learning in early childhood education and care in Australia
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Edwards, Susan Elizabeth, McLean, Karen Joy and Minson, Victoria Jane. (2022). From technology as tool to digitally mediated contexts for learning in early childhood education and care in Australia. In The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic pp. 246-253 Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003283737-31
Authors | Edwards, Susan Elizabeth, McLean, Karen Joy and Minson, Victoria Jane |
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Abstract | The shift to remote learning due to COVID-19 has impacted all areas of education. In Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), this impact has been felt most acutely in the shift from face-to-face, play-based learning to remote learning with technology. In this chapter, the notion of critical constructivism from within the field of philosophy of technology is used to consider how educators were able to shift from a technologically determinist perspective on technologies towards using technologies to create digitally mediated contexts for children’s learning. This chapter reports on the findings from a study conducted with ECEC educators from Melbourne, Australia during two periods of lockdown. Findings suggest that by the second shutdown, educators were orienting towards using technologies that aligned with their teaching and learning values, as opposed to viewing technologies as a tool for learning. Values-informed technology use enables educators to create digitally mediated contexts for children’s learning. |
Keywords | Arts; Communication Studies; Development Studies; Environment; Social Work; Urban Studies; Education; Humanities; Social Sciences |
Page range | 246-253 |
Year | 01 Jan 2022 |
Book title | The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of publication | United States |
ISBN | 9781032225036 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003283737-31 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003283737-31/technology-tool-digitally-mediated-contexts-learning-early-childhood-education-care-australia-susan-edwards-karen-mclean-victoria-minson |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 13 Sep 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 25 Jan 2024 |
Additional information | © Routledge, 2022. |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90192/from-technology-as-tool-to-digitally-mediated-contexts-for-learning-in-early-childhood-education-and-care-in-australia
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