Uporaba digitalne tehnologije pri predšolskih otrocih z vidika staršev

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  • Polona Gradišek University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
  • Polona Golob Zasebni vrtec Sonček d. o. o., Fužine 5, 1241 Kamnik

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18690/

Ključne besede:

digitalna tehnologija, predšolski otroci, starši, zasloni, uporaba.

Povzetek

Že predšolski otroci se srečujejo z digitalno tehnologijo in jo tudi uporabljajo. Preučili smo, kako pogosto predšolski otroci uporabljajo digitalno tehnologijo in s katerim namenom ter s katerimi vsebinami se pri tem srečujejo. V raziskavi je sodelovalo 166 staršev predšolskih otrok. Rezultati so pokazali, da čas uporabe digitalne tehnologije s starostjo otrok narašča, in sicer jo otroci do šestega leta starosti v povprečju uporabljajo do 60 minut dnevno ne glede na mestno ali po-deželsko okolje bivanja. Tehnologijo najpogosteje uporabljajo za namen razve-drila, od tega najpogosteje gledajo risanke za otroke. Raziskava ponuja aktualen vpogled v uporabo digitalne tehnologije pri predšolskih otrocih.

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Gradišek, P., & Golob, P. (2026). Uporaba digitalne tehnologije pri predšolskih otrocih z vidika staršev. Revija za elementarno izobraževanje, 19(2), 133-150. https://doi.org/10.18690/