Finnish Preschool and First-Grade Children's Use of Media at Home

Human Technology

Mariam Jean Dreher¹  Riitta-Liisa Korkeamäki²  Asko Pekkarinen² 

[1] University of Maryland;University of Oulu;

关键词: print literacy;    media literacy;    electronic media;    family literacy practices;    early literacy development;    preschool;    first grade;   

DOI  :  10.17011/ht/urn.201211203031

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

We investigated Finnish children’s use of print and electronic media in the home and their literacy development. Questionnaire data from 857 parents of preschoolers (collected in 2006 and 2007) and first graders (2008) showed that homes were well equipped with electronic media including Internet access in almost everyhome, although only a third of the children used the Internet. Television, print media,and videos/DVDs were more commonly used than computers. Most first graders but fewpreschoolers had mobile phones. Most parents read bedtime stories, had a sizablenumber of children’s books, and library visits were common. Boys´ and girls’ skills inreading did not differ at the beginning of their preschool year. But girls showed moreinterest in writing while boys played more console and computer-based games. Most firstgraders were reading early in the school year, suggesting that electronic media are notharmful but may even support literacy development.

【 授权许可】

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