1. Serena Whitby

2.  Introductionand background
 Importance of teaching children
 Who teaches children
 Studies
 Technology
 Conclusion

3.  Who is important?
 Authority?
 Power?
 Those who teach adults?

4.  Teachingadults is very important, but
we should also understand the vital
importance of teaching children
 Childrenare the nations future and with
a wealth of research in recent years
revealing that children's experiences
from birth to age five have a powerful
effect on the rest of their
lives, teaching children is very valuable
and beneficial

5.  Historically,
reading was taught at home
rather than at school
 Today the interest has focused on how
parents and other caregivers in early
childhood centres can develop
appropriate involvement and support for
future literacy instruction

6.  Brain development is highest during
the first four years of life
 Structure
 Social skills
 Academics are being emphasised more
than in past years
 Space it gives a parent (Elle, R. Oct.2009)

7.  Rarely become involved in their
children’s learning
 May have never read to or encouraged
their children to read
 Do not possess books or any kind of
printed materials in the home
 Do not share any literacy activities with
their children

8.  Playingand taking part in activities within
small groups
 Traditional direct-instruction methods
like drill and practice, giving children
homework, worksheets and group tests.
 Outcomes rather than the process
(Piotrkowski et al., 2000)

9.  Datafrom a survey in 2005 showed that
almost all of the children surveyed aged
three or four were growing up in homes in
which a range of technologies were in use
 The study of children and technology in
pre-school settings, identified three main
areas of learning:
 Acquiring operational skills,
 Extending knowledge of the world,
 Developing dispositions to learn (Plowman &
Stephen,2007).

10.  Childrenhad learnt to switch items off
and on, rewind, fast-forward and
navigate websites.
 Children were using technology to
support the development of early
literacy and numeracy or information
gathering.
 Dispositionsto learn were enhanced
through the opportunities for developing
independence, sustaining
attention, building confidence gained

11.  Three-quartersof the case study families
used the expression ‘they just pick it up’
when discussing their child’s use of
technologies
 Familiesused limited explicit tutoring but
they were also unknowingly demonstrating
uses of technology on a day-to-day basis

12.  Important that parents and teachers are
aware of their roles in educating children
 Children shouldn’t be overlooked when
distributing resources
 Itis a parents responsibility to provide age
appropriate guidance for their children into
the world of technology

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