This book explores the relationship with time in early childhood by arguing for the valuing of
slow pedagogies and slow knowledge. Alison Clark points to alternative practices in Early …

Although mobile technologies are a fundamental part of daily life, several studies have
shown increased use of electronic devices, TV, and gaming during childhood in conjunction …

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused school closures worldwide and has disrupted nearly
1.6 billion students across the globe. This has widened existing digital gaps and has caused …

In its COVID-19 Statement of April 2020, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
recommended that States Parties explore alternative and creative solutions for children to …

This article focuses on children's play during the pandemic and how some young people
responded with hybrid, playful media-making. The Play Observatory was an ESRC-funded …

This paper applies a posthumanist lens, informed by the work of Hollett and Ehret and of
Ingold, to consider children's playful affective entanglements with the human and the more …

The implementation of social isolation policies in response to COVID-19 coincided with
Nintendo's video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons (also known as atsumare dōbutsu …

Prompted by findings of gender differences in learning game preferences and outcomes,
education researchers have proposed adapting games by gender to foster learning and …

International research promotes the value of play for children's learning and development.
However, in early childhood education the development of national policy frameworks …

The response to the COVID-19 pandemic impacted educational systems throughout the
world. School closures, virtual schooling, and strict safety protocols for in-person learning …