The Routledge Handbook of Digital Literacies in Early Childhood

This seminal Handbook fulfils an urgent need to consider how digital technologies are impacting the lives and learning of young children; and how childhood experiences of using digital resources can serve as the foundation for present and future development and literacy.

Ola Erstad is Professor and Head of the Department of Education, University of Oslo, Norway. Rosie Flewitt is Reader in Early Communication and Literacy, UCL Institute of Education, London, UK. Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer is Professor in the German Department at the University of Tübingen, Germany. Íris Susana Pires Pereira is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Education of the University of Minho, Portugal.

Introduction: The Emerging Field of Digital Literacies in Early Childhood Ola Erstad, Rosie Flewitt, Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer and Íris Susana Pires Pereira Part I Perspectives on Digital Literacies in Early Childhood 1 Researching the Digital Literacy and Multimodal Practices of Young Children: A European Agenda for Change Jackie Marsh 2 Theorizing Digital Literacy Practices in Early Childhood Ola Erstad and Julia Gillen 3 Researching Digital Literacy Practices in Early Childhood: Challenges, Complexities and Imperatives David Poveda 4 Ethics and Researching Young Children's Digital Literacy Practices Rosie Flewitt 5 Comparative Global Knowledge about the Use of Digital Technologies for Learning among Young Children Sonia Livingstone, Sun Sun Lim, Anulekha Nandi and Becky Pham Part II Young Children's Digital Literacy Practices in Homes, Communities and Informal Learning Spaces 6 Young Children's Digital Literacy Practices in Homes: Past, Present and Future Research Directions Kristiina Kumpulainen and Julia Gillen 7 Reconceptualizing the Home of Digital Childhood Marta Morgade, Cristina Aliagas and David Poveda 8 Older Siblings as Mediators of Infants' and Toddlers' (Digital) Media Use Andra Siibak and Elyna Nevski 9 Safety Issues in Young Children's Digital Literacy Practices at Home Stéphane Chaudron, Rosanna Di Gioia and Monica Gemo 10 Children's Divergent Practices and Access to Digital Media in Home, School and Neighbourhood Communities Mastin Prinsloo 11 "You know what's glitching?": Emergent Digital Literacies in Video Game Play Edward Rivero and Kris D. Gutiérrez Part III Young Children's Digital Literacy Practices in Early Education Settings 12 Digital and Media Literacy-related Policies and Teachers' Attitudes Christine W. Trültzsch-Wijnen, Sascha Trültzsch-Wijnen and Kjartan Ólafsson 13 Pedagogical Approaches to Digital Literacy in Early Years Education Stavroula Kontovourki and Eufimia Tafa 14 Inclusivity and Young Children's Digital Literacy Practices in Early Education Grace Oakley 15 Young Children's Digital Play in Early Childhood Settings: Curriculum, Pedagogy and Teachers' Knowledge Elizabeth Wood, Joce Nuttall, Susan Edwards and Sue Grieshaber 16 Remixing Emergent Literacy Education: Cross-age, Plurilingual, Multimedia Adventures in Narrative Teaching and Learning Heather Lotherington 17 Posthuman Theory as a Tool to Explore Literacy Desirings: Sara-Taylor-iPad-Book Becoming in Writers' Studio Candace R. Kuby and Tara Gutshall Rucker Part IV Reading and Writing on Screen 18 Young Children's Writing in the 21st Century: The Challenge of Moving from Paper to Screen Clare Dowdall 19 Digital Reading in the Early Years: Expertise, Engagement and Learning Íris Susana Pires Pereira, Cristina Vieira da Silva, Mônica Daisy Vieira de Araújo and Maria Manuel Borges 20 Children's Reading in the Digital Age: A Research Summary on Children's Digital Books Natalia Kucirkova 21 The Role of Moving Images in Young Children's Literacy Practices Margaret Mackey 22 Availability and Quality of Storybook Apps Across Five Less Widely Used Languages Adriana G. Bus, Trude Hoel, Cristina Aliagas Marin, Margrethe Jernes, Ofra Korat, Charles L. Mifsud and Jan van Collie Part V Negotiating Digital Literacy Lives in Hybrid Virtual and Physical Spaces 23 Young Children's e-books as Digital Spaces for Multimodal Composing, Translanguaging, and Intercultural Sharing Mary E. Miller and Deborah Wells Rowe 24 Virtual Play: Developing a Baroque Sensibility Cathy Burnett and Guy Merchant 25 The Quantified Child: Discourses and Practices of Dataveillance in Different Life Stages Giovanna Mascheroni and Donell Holloway 26 Minecraft 'Worldness' in Family Life: Children's Digital Play and Socio-material Literacy Practices Michael Dezuanni 27 Digital Literacy Practices in Children's Everyday Life. Participating in On-screen and Off-screen Activities Pål Aarsand and Helen Melander Bowden 28 P(l)aying Online: Toys, Apps, and Young Consumers on Transmedia Playgrounds Karen E. Wohlwend 29 Webs of Relationships: Young Children's Engagement with Web Searching Susan Danby and Christina Davidson Part VI Emergent Themes and Future Visions 30 Future Pedagogical Approaches to Digital and Multimodal Practice in Early Childhood Education Anne Jyrkiäinen, Kirsi-Liisa Koskinen-Sinisalo, Pirjo Kulju, Reijo Kupiainen, Marita Mäkinen, and Angela Wiseman 31 Emergent Challenges for the Understanding of Children's Digital Literature Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer 32 Researching Children's Play and Identity in the Digital Age: A Holistic Approach Becky Parry and Fiona Scott 33 Taking a Wide-Angled View of Contemporary Digital Literacy Amélie Lemieux and Jennifer Rowsell Index