International Perspectives on the Impact of Screen Devices on Early Childhood Education and Development
A special issue of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 September 2023) | Viewed by 163
Special Issue Editor
Interests: neurological development in children; early and adolescent development; cognition and learning; educational psychology
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Dear Colleagues,
Since the turn of the century, screen devices have become far more prevalent in the lives of children. Some estimates suggest that 95% of children growing up in Western countries can competently use a mobile device by the age of 4, and most by the age of 1. Arguably, our understanding of the full impact of screen devices on early childhood education and development is not yet well known and is often contentious. In Australia, for example, the Federal Government recommends no screen time for children younger than 2 years of age, no more than one hour per day for children aged 2–5 and no more than 2 hours per day for those aged 5–17, while acknowledging that these recommendations are vastly exceeded by children every day. Meanwhile, the flawed efficacy of those guidelines, not unlike those of other countries, exists in a social milieu with increasing evidence of the deleterious impacts of extensive screen use on most aspects of child development, and by association, early childhood education.
This Special Issue aims to extend our understanding of the potential impact of screen devices on early childhood education and development by presenting recent empirical findings along with conceptual and/or theoretical explorations of said impact. Importantly, this issue does not seek to demonize screen devices but rather offer new insights into the potential challenges and benefits of screen usage amongst young children. Indeed, any notion of what might constitute appropriate screen time is difficult to ascertain given ethical constraints in experimental designs, and as such, we are looking to present a balanced examination of the interplay of screen devices and child development and education.
Dr. Michael Nagel
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- screen devices
- child development
- technology
- early childhood education
- socio-emotional development
- cognitive development
- physical development
