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Author Holloway, Sarah

Title Cyberkids : Youth Identities and Communities in an On-line World
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (191 pages)
Contents Cover; Cyberkids; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Cyberworlds: children in the Information Age; 2 The digital divide? Children, ICT and social exclusion; 3 Peer pressure: ICT in the classroom; 4 On-line dangers: questions of competence and risk; 5 Life around the screen: the place of ICT in the 'family' home; 6 Cybergeographies: children's on-line worlds; 7 Bringing children and technology together; Notes; References; Index
Summary As Tony Blair has said, ""Technology has revolutionised the way we work and is now set to transform education. Children cannot be effective in tomorrow's world if they are trained in yesterday's skills.""Cyberkids draws together research in the sociology of childhood and social studies of technology to explore children's experiences in the Information Age. The book addresses key policy debates about social inclusion and exclusion, children's identities and friendships in on-line and off-line worlds and their relationships with families and teachers. It co
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Subject Identity (Psychology) in children.
Identity (Psychology) in children
Kind
Informationstechnik
Neue Medien
Form Electronic book
Author Valentine, Gill
ISBN 9781136361739
1136361731