Kucirkova, N;
Rowe, D;
Oliver, L;
Piestrzynski, L;
(2019)
Systematic Review of Young Children’s Writing on Screen: What do we know and what do we need to know.
Literacy
10.1111/lit.12173.
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Abstract
Writing is part and parcel of children’s active meaning-making on and with screens, but it has been relatively neglected in the literature focused on children’s digital literacies. This study synthesizes existing empirical evidence focused on young children’s (aged between two to eight years) writing on screen and identifies the relationships between dominant themes in published literature and contemporary theories of children’s technology use. A systematic literature review that included studies from diverse disciplines yielded 21 papers. Constant comparative analysis generated five themes that indicate four key directions for future research. We call attention to researchers’ theoretical framing to supplement mono-disciplinary approaches and single levels of analysis. We suggest that future research should provide greater specification of the purpose of children’s writing on screen and the different types of tools and applications supporting the activity. We also highlight the need for interdisciplinary approaches that would capture the composing stages involved in the writing process with and around screens. Finally, we point out possible age-related differences in documenting and reporting the composing process in classrooms. Overall, limitations in the current evidence base highlight the need for research conducted from a critical perspective and focused more directly on multimodality.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Systematic Review of Young Children’s Writing on Screen: What do we know and what do we need to know |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/lit.12173 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12173 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Writing; mark-making; composing; digital writing; screens; early writing |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10060947 |
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