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Educators worry away at issues of teaching, learning and technologies in the classroom without acknowledging that today’s children and their world are being dramatically changed by electronic media and communication technologies. Children’s life experiences, attitudes, knowledge and skills in relation to these new technologies need to be understood if classrooms are to meet the needs and interests of today’s children.
This study focuses on one aspect of children’s changing world—electronic media in the home. The first part of the study examines the growing incidence and use of electronic media in the home. The second part of the study examines children’s perceptions of learning and playing at home and at school.
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Downes, T. (1995). Children and electronic media: the home-school connection. In: Tinsley, J.D., van Weert, T.J. (eds) World Conference on Computers in Education VI. WCCE 1995. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34844-5_52
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