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In this volume, an interdisciplinary team of researchers shares insights from three years of intensive design research resulting in a game for assessment of computer science and data science skills. The context, grounded in New York City public schools and the needs of middle school students and teachers, set a challenging innovation agenda. Beats Empire,…
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Background: The study that is reported in this paper focuses on an exploration of the role and nature of play in young children’s use of toys that connect physical and digital domains. Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to explore the nature of the connections that are made in play that transverses physical and…
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From an evolutionary perspective, the normal social play of children involves kids of various ages. Our human and great-ape ancestors most likely lived in small groups with low birth rates, which made play with others of nearly the same age rare. Consequently, the evolutionary functions of children’s social play are best understood by examining play…
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Hear the author interview on NPR’s Morning Edition If you believe the experts, “child’s play”; is serious business. From sociologists to psychologists and from anthropologists to social critics, writers have produced mountains of books about the meaning and importance of play. But what do we know about how children actually play, especially American children of…
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Contents Foreword – Sonia Nieto Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction – Patrick C. Manyak and Maria Luiza Dantas Part I: Home School (Dis)connections 2. “Lost Boys”, Cousins and Aunties: Using Sudanese Refugee Relationships to Complicate Definitions of “Family” – Kristen H. Perry 3. The Impact of Social Dynamics on Immigrant Children’s Language and Literacy Practices: Learning…
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TikTok, a short video platform featuring content between 15 and 60 seconds long, has become a popular and rapidly growing social media application around the world. As a platform catering for light…
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This study aims to surface youth perspectives on their own activism, their experiences of age-based power dynamics in activist spaces, and their understandings of adult allyship. Using semistructured interviews and innovative participatory visual methods that invite youth to create and discuss original memes, we investigate these questions from the perspective of 10 youth activists involved…
