Digital Technology Use in Western Australian Early Years Centres: The Role of Directors, Educators And Parents in Guiding Young Children’s Engagement with Digital Technologies

Abstract

This study investigated the digital technologies being used by, with and for young children across four diverse Western Australian early years centres. Results found evidence of the centres using digital technologies at an operational level, and for individual children. The recommendation is that children be allowed to exercise greater agency when interacting with digital technologies, and that centres develop context specific, clear, and useable policies to guide digital technology use in centres and with children.