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Professor Natalia Kucirkova has won the UKLA Academic Book Award 2021 for her book ‘How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books’.
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In the months of August and September, professor Natalia Kucirkova had the pleasure to visit the University of Turku as part of the INVEST Fellowship Programme.
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Professor Natalia Kucirkova from the Centre for Learning Environment is awarded the Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship for the period 2021-2023. She is the first Jacobs Fellow from a Norwegian University.
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With her latest book " The Future of the Self: Understanding Personalization in Childhood and Beyond ", Natalia Kucirkova addresses the opportunities, but also the threats, implied by a personalized reality.
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Stereotypical expectations prevail and harm the aspirations of many females working in academia, especially those with an ethnic minority background. Now, Professor Natalia Kucirkova and Head of Career Development Loleta Fahad, have written a book to inspire women in academia.
Do you remember the scented erasers you had as a child? ‘Scratch and sniff objects’ have now made a comeback.
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Four editors representing four countries to helm flagship journal.
Odors change as the weather changes. Rain or sunshine, there are interesting smells, both outside and inside, to discover, explore and talk about together with children. All you need is your nose. Let your fantasy lead the way and discover the magic of smell together with the children.
To read books together with young children is a common activity – both in early childhood settings and at home. Many children are increasingly using digital books to access stories. You might wonder whether reading on paper and on screen is the same? Does it matter whether children turn pages in a book or swipe pages on an iPad?
To ensure that new and relevant research becomes known and easily applicable in ECEC, we have created this collection of digital resources based on recent ECEC research for use by teachers and educators in their professional development.
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Interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral team members from across Europe gathered for a project meeting to discuss the latest developments, milestones, and goals of the research project “Sensory Books”.
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Dr Laura Speed, Assistant Professor at Radboud University and the project Advisory Board Member, presented findings from Sensory Books project at the ECRO XXXIII conference.
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A comprehensive meta-analysis of prior research has found, overall, that children ages 1 to 8 were less likely to understand picture books when they read the digital, versus the printed version. However, when digital picture books contain the right enhancements that reinforce the story content, they outperform their print counterparts.
A selection of research articles from the Centre. Use the DOI-link to read abstract.
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On the 16th of August, the Sensory Books team held their first group gathering after the summer holidays. It was a momentous event since the team welcomed to Stavanger, Lotte Meeuwissen, the play, design and learning consultant of the research project.
Smell is an important sense that activates memories and enhances experiences. Yet, smell is often neglected in learning and in activities designed for children. Our new exhibition was designed to engage children’s sense of smell in their exploration of the story “The Three Little Pigs”.
The aim of the programme is to stimulate childist research across the academy, test and evolve the concept of childism, and inform childist social and political justice processes.
Center management and all employees at Centre for learning environment. Click on "Page content " to find a specific person.
The transition from reading primarily on paper to reading on a variety of screen devices introduces a new media ecology which invites new modes of understanding and exploring reading, across disciplines and paradigms.
Making digital books available for children across the world