e-Pedagogium 2022, 22(4):23-35 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2022.019

The use of digital technologies by preschool children influenced by their families

Beáta Deutscherová
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Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Humanities, Department of School Education, Štefánikova 5670, 760 01 Zlín, Czech Republic

The work deals with the use of digital technologies by preschool children influenced by their immediate families. In the study, we examine intentional and unintentional behavior of immediate family that causes the usage of digital technologies by their children, which at the same time leads to digital overconsumption and provokes several effects on them. The study aims to discover the reasons behind preschool children's digital overuse. This research also monitors the educational techniques parents apply to digital technologies inside the core family, specifically their children. The basis of the study is qualitative research carried out using the technique of semi-structured interviews with one of the family members - the mother. The research depicts three main categories: time spent on digital technologies by preschool children, reasons underlying the use and limit of digital technologies by preschool children, and family digital education.

Keywords: : digital technologies, preschool children, digital education.

Received: May 10, 2022; Revised: September 21, 2022; Accepted: October 14, 2022; Published: July 14, 2023  Show citation

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Deutscherová, B. (2022). The use of digital technologies by preschool children influenced by their families. e-Pedagogium, 22(4), 23-35. doi: 10.5507/epd.2022.019
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