1st Edition

Young Children in Digital Society Now and into the Future

Edited By Susan Edwards, Leon Straker Copyright 2025
210 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

210 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Moving the conversation about young children and digital technologies away beyond “good” or “bad”, Susan Edwards and Leon Straker present an innovative perspective to educators, researchers, and communities on how to support young children to learn and thrive safely in a digital society. This book marks a turning point in research concerning young children and technologies. Instead of focussing... Read more

1. Young children in digital society

Susan Edwards and Leon Straker

2. Young children and digital technologies

Leon Straker and Susan Edwards

 

3. Theorising digital practices

Andi Salamon, Jane Caughey, Kate Highfield, and Susan Edwards

 

4. Researching digital practices

Susan Edwards, Leon Straker, and Helen Skouteris

 

5. Supporting children’s relationships with digital technologies

Andrea Nolan, Deborah Moore, Kate Highfield, Honor Mackley, and Derek McCormack

 

6. Promoting physical activity and supporting children’s transitions with digital technologies

Leon Straker, Juliana Zabatiero, Laura Stone, Derek McCormack, and David Zarb

 

7. Play-based learning about the internet and online safety

Susan Edwards, Michael Henderson, Spero Tsindos, Leanne Mits with the Alannah and Madeline Foundation, Australian Federal Police, eSafety Commissioner, and Lady Gowrie Tasmania

 

8. Changing everyday pedagogical practices with digital technologies

Susan Grieshaber, Jane Caughey, Kate Highfield, and Dan Donahoo

 

9. Young children in digital society: Now and into the future

Susan Edwards, Leon Straker, and Helen Skouteris

 

10. New knowledge about young children in digital society

Susan Edwards and Leon Straker

Biography

Susan Edwards is Professor of Early Childhood Education at Australian Catholic University. Her research interests include the role of play-based learning in early childhood curriculum, cyber-safety education, and digital play pedagogies in the early years. She is the author of over 70 publications and has secured six Australian Research Council-funded projects.

Leon Straker is John Curtin Distinguished Professor in the School of Allied Health at Curtin University, Western Australia. His research interests include technology use by children and the associated health, well-being, and development of children. He is the author of over 400 publications, in the top 1% of academic authors globally, and an investigator on research grants worth over $50 million.