Already at a disadvantage? ICT in the home and children's preparation for primary school. (ICT Research Bursaries 2004 - Final Report)

Becta (British Educational Communication and Technology Agency) (Funder); McPake, Joanna and Stephen, Christine and Plowman, Lydia and Sime, Daniela and Downey, Susan. (2005) Already at a disadvantage? ICT in the home and children's preparation for primary school. (ICT Research Bursaries 2004 - Final Report). Becta Research.

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of socio-economic disadvantage on pre-school children's development of competences in information and communications technologies (ICT). The study focuses on children's experiences of ICT in the home and in pre-school settings in the year before they begin formal education, and seeks to investigate concepts of advantage and disadvantage in this context. The study also aims to investigate teachers' perceptions of children's ICT competences on entry to school.

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McPake, Joanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7762-1628, Stephen, Christine, Plowman, Lydia, Sime, Daniela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3207-5456 and Downey, Susan;
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