Adult-child interactions while using touchscreen apps

Millions of children around the world use mobile touchscreen devices – tablets or smartphones – every day. Although young children can learn from solo media use, research shows that they learn more when an adult joins them. In this episode, Dr Sandra Mathers discusses a survey of more than 1,000 caregivers of children aged between 3 and 7 that sought to understand the nature and extent their interactions with their children when using these kinds of app. She describes fostering a ‘balanced digital diet’ of touchscreen use and considers the value added when adults and children collaborate on digital media use.

The Deanery Digest (a plain language summary) of this research can be viewed and downloaded here: https://www.education.ox.ac.uk/oxford-education-deanery/digest/adults-joining-and-supporting-young-childrens-touchscreen-use-does-it-happen-what-does-it-look-like-and-what-are-the-influences/

Learn more about the LiFT project: https://www.education.ox.ac.uk/project/lift-learning-in-families-through-technology/

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