Singaporean Parents Views Of Their Young Children S Access And Use Of Technological Devices

Singaporean Parents’ Views of Their Young
Children’s Access and Use of Technological
Devices
Marjory Ebbeck, Hoi Yin Bonnie Yim,
Yvonne Chan & Mandy Goh

Early Childhood Education Journal
ISSN 1082-3301
Early Childhood Educ J
DOI 10.1007/s10643-015-0695-4

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Early Childhood Educ J
DOI 10.1007/s10643-015-0695-4

Singaporean Parents’ Views of Their Young Children’s Access and Use of Technological Devices
Marjory Ebbeck • Hoi Yin Bonnie Yim
Yvonne Chan • Mandy Goh

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Abstract Debates continue about the access young children have to technological devices, given the increasingly accessible and available technology in most developed countries. Concerns have been expressed by parents/caregivers and researchers, and questions have been raised about possible risks and benefits of these devices on young children who, in some instances, may be accessing these devices daily. Levin (2013) states that it is as if children are being remote controlled by the scripts of others (television, videos, electronic toys) which undermine children’s abilities to create their own learning scripts. This study investigated 1,058 parents’/caregivers’ views of

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