Digital play, iPad Apps and Young Children’s Development

Authors

  • Irina Verenikina
  • Lisa Kervin
  • Maria Clara Selina Rivera

Keywords:

young children, imaginative play, ipad, digital play, psychological development

Abstract

This poster presents part of a larger research1 which aims to understand young children’s digital play in relation to their imaginative play - a major force of psychological development in the early years. The poster will be of interest to DiGRA/FDG audience as it focuses their attention on the need for theoretical and research based criteria to appraise developmentally sound apps suitable for preschoolers (3-5 years of age).

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Published

2016-01-01

Bibtex

@Conference{digra892, title ="Digital play, iPad Apps and Young Children’s Development", year = "2016", author = "Verenikina, Irina and Kervin, Lisa and Rivera, Maria Clara Selina", publisher = "DiGRA", address = "Tampere", howpublished = "\url{https://dl.digra.org/index.php/dl/article/view/892}", booktitle = "Abstract Proceedings of DiGRA/FDG 2016 Conference"}

Proceedings

2016: Abstract Proceedings of DiGRA/FDG 2016 Conference

Section

Papers

License

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