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Title: | Using smartphones to disseminate home learning support to primary caregivers: An exploratory proof-of-concept study |
Contributor(s): | Cohrssen, Caroline (author); Richards, Ben (author); Wang, Rhoda (author) |
Publication Date: | 2023 |
Early Online Version: | 2023-01-01 |
DOI: | 10.1002/icd.2399 |
Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/54092 |
Abstract: | | During the Covid-19 pandemic, kindergartens in Hong Kong have sought ways in which to support children's learning at home while schools were closed. We report on a proof-of-concept study: short videos intended to support playful learning at home were distributed to parents/caregivers of preschool children via a smartphone app; toys and a storybook were provided to their children. No significant changes were observed in the importance attached to literacy and numeracy by parents/caregivers over time, perhaps because parents/caregivers place high value on children's academic progress in Hong Kong. However, significant increases in mean scores were observed for the intervention group but not the control group with regard to reported frequency of playing counting games and discussing/participating in weighing or measuring activities. Readily accessible opportunities to recognize learning in playful activities may have contributed to changed practices at homes.
Highlights:
- Reports the extent of the impact of short videos distributed via a smartphone app on parents'/caregivers' HLE practices during Covid-19 kindergarten closures.
- Survey data reveal parent/caregiver practice unchanged by 4x weekly videos. However, practices increased across waves in the intervention group.
- Smartphone dissemination of HLE demonstration videos holds promise as a strategy, but threshold conditions require further research.
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Source of Publication: | Infant and Child Development, 32(2), p. 1-22 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
Place of Publication: | United Kingdom |
ISSN: | 1522-7219 1522-7227 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 390104 English and literacy curriculum and pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL) 390109 Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy 390302 Early childhood education |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 160101 Early childhood education 160201 Equity and access to education 160302 Pedagogy |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes |
HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Education
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