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Maree Howard; Shahid A. Akhund – International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2024
Background: Many governments worldwide have established guidelines regarding children's physical activity and sedentary behaviors linked to positive health outcomes. While research has established low adherence to these guideline levels, it is unclear whether parents' knowledge, perceptions, and support around these behaviors might be barriers to…
Descriptors: Children, Parents, Knowledge Level, Parent Attitudes
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Scholes, Laura; Mills, Kathy A.; Wallace, Elizabeth – Learning, Media and Technology, 2022
This article addresses a gap in research about primary school boys' identification as 'gamers.' Drawing on a survey of 318 Year 3 (7-8 years old) students, the research identified boys' self-reported enjoyment for gaming, their frequency using digital devices, and their self-rated digital skills. Interviews with four boys from the survey also…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Males, Identification (Psychology)
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Edwards, Susan; Henderson, Michael; Gronn, Donna; Scott, Anne; Mirkhil, Moska – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2017
A digital disconnect perspective is founded on an assumption that technology use in the home is frequent, creative and generative, and that technology use in the early childhood centre should be the same as that found in the home. However, such arguments divert our attention from understanding the nature of the setting and thereby from an…
Descriptors: Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Environmental Influences, Computer Use