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The Future of the Self

Understanding Personalization in Childhood and Beyond

By: Natalia Kucirkova

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The Future of the Self

Understanding Personalization in Childhood and Beyond

By: Natalia Kucirkova

When children as young as three can take their own selfies, and customise their own avatars, how should we respond to the opportunity and threat of digital personalization for young children? In this book, Kucirkova offers a comprehensive account of the effects of digitally-mediated personalization on children’s development of ‘self’.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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180043944X

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Jumpstart! Apps

Creative learning, ideas and activities for ages 7–11

By: Natalia Kucirkova,Jon Audain,Liz Chamberlain

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Jumpstart! Apps

Creative learning, ideas and activities for ages 7–11

By: Natalia Kucirkova,Jon Audain,Liz Chamberlain

This collection of engaging and simple to use activities will jumpstart students’ learning and help the busy teacher to reinvigorate their teaching through the use of mobile apps and activities that can be used in the classroom. A wealth of practical activities and advice on how to incorporate over 40 lively and exciting apps into the classroom will enable teachers to deliver creative lessons. This essential guide focuses on a range of apps, including Skitch, QR codes, Comic Life, Do Ink Green Screen, Puppet Pals, Our Story and much more. This book offers much needed guidance on creative ways to integrate apps within the National Curriculum and how they can be incorporated into the teaching of Key Stages 1 and 2. Enabling teachers to deliver effective and imaginative lessons through the use of apps and providing links to a wide range of online resources, it covers all core areas of the curriculum: English, Maths, Science, Modern Foreign Languages, ICT, History, Geography and PE. Jumpstart! Apps is an essential classroom resource that will encourage creative and independent learning in children and is the perfect solution for helping teachers, teaching assistants and students integrate apps into their daily practice, make the most of technology at their disposal and deliver imaginative and effective lessons.

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Routledge

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1317379225

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The Future of the Self

Understanding Personalization in Childhood and Beyond

By: Natalia Kucirkova

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Understanding Personalization in Childhood and Beyond

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How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books

A Guide for Primary Practitioners

By: Natalia Kucirkova

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How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books

A Guide for Primary Practitioners

By: Natalia Kucirkova

How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books outlines effective ways of using digital books in early years and primary classrooms, and specifies the educational potential of using digital books and apps in physical spaces and virtual communities. With a particular focus on apps and personalised reading, Natalia Kucirkova combines theory and practice to argue that personalised reading is only truly personalised when it is created or co-created by reading communities. Divided into two parts, Part I suggests criteria to evaluate the educational quality of digital books and practical strategies for their use in the classroom. Specific attention is paid to the ways in which digital books can support individual children’s strengths and difficulties, digital literacies, language and communication skills. Part II explores digital books created by children, their caregivers, teachers and librarians, and Kucirkova also offers insights into how smart toys, tangibles and augmented/virtual reality tools can enrich children’s reading for pleasure. How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books is of interest to an international readership ranging from trainee or established teachers to MA level students and researchers, as well as designers, librarians and publishers. All are inspired to approach children’s reading on and with screens with an agentic perspective of creating and sharing. Praise for How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books 'This is an exciting and innovative book – not least because it is freely available to read online but because its origins are in primary practice. The author is an accomplished storyteller, and whether you know, as yet, little about the value of digital literacy in the storymaking process, or you are an accomplished digital player, this book is full of evidence-informed ideas, explanations and inspiration.' Liz Chamberlain, Open University 'At a time when children's reading is increasingly on-screen, many teachers, parents and carers are seeking practical, straightforward guidance on how to support children's engagement with digital books. This volume, written by the leading expert on personalised e-books, is packed with app reviews, suggestions and insights from recent international research, all underpinned by careful analysis of digital book features and recognition of reading as a social and cultural practice. Providing accessible guidance on finding, choosing, sharing and creating digital books, it will be welcomed by those excited by the possibilities of enthusing children about reading in the digital age.' Cathy Burnett, Professor of Literacy and Education, Sheffield Hallam University

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UCL Press

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1787353478

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Outstanding Early Childhood Practice in ICT

By: Hui-Yun Sung,John Siraj-Blatchford,Natalia Kucirkova

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Outstanding Early Childhood Practice in ICT

By: Hui-Yun Sung,John Siraj-Blatchford,Natalia Kucirkova

This is the only early years guide available to combine ICT pedagogy and practice; perfect for starting children off to computing technology; and a user-friendly and completely accessible text. This book will show practitioners how they can cover the foundation stage curriculum for ICT and prepare the children for the new computing curriculum for KS1. It will provide pedagogical clarity and show schools and pre-schools what it is that they need to be doing to demonstrate outstanding practice. Computational thinking will also be extended beyond the use of computers, and its relevance to supporting the child's wider cognitive development and learning will be emphasised.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1912611287

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The Digitally-Agile Researcher

By: Natalia Kucirkova,Oliver Quinlan

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The Digitally-Agile Researcher

By: Natalia Kucirkova,Oliver Quinlan

What survival skills do academics need to become digitally agile and to establish an effective digital academic presence? The twenty-first century academic is an engaged researcher who connects, builds and sustains varied and global audiences interested in their research. In one handy book, this essential read contains comprehensive advice on developing and sustaining a unique mix of twenty-first century scholarly skills and digital competencies. From getting started with Twitter to more detailed advice on how to manage time when performing the roles of an academic blogger and forum moderator, this book provides real world case studies to illustrate how to integrate digital engagement with traditional scholarly work. With a range of helpful strategies, The Digitally-Agile Researcher is a credible and practical guide for academics at all stages of their career, doctoral students, early career researchers or experienced academics. 'The Digitally-Agile Researcher is an important and welcome contribution to a growing literature on academic scholarship in the digital age. The book should be read by faculty and administrators alike, as it lays out a clear roadmap of the digital opportunities and challenges that researchers face and they support they require. If there is any hope for the future of the contemporary university, it will come through the communities we forge in new scholarly practices and the ways in which we negotiate digital society. The Digitally-Agile Researcher will be instrumental in fostering those communities.' Karen Gregory, University of Edinburgh, UK

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335261531

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How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books

A Guide for Primary Practitioners

By: Natalia Kucirkova

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Olfaction in Early Childhood Research and Practice

How the Study of Smell Charts New Frontiers in Early Education

By: Natalia Ingebretsen Kucirkova

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Olfaction in Early Childhood Research and Practice

How the Study of Smell Charts New Frontiers in Early Education

By: Natalia Ingebretsen Kucirkova

An innovative exploration into the immediate and profound effects of sensory engagement, this book delves specifically into the incorporation of smell within the context of contemporary childhood experiences. Thinking to future advancements in educational technology, it is expected that digital media will eventually integrate all senses. This book outlines the convergence of children’s learning and olfaction, setting the groundwork for future-oriented early education that seamlessly integrates sensory learning with advancements in technology. Guided by child development theories and recent insights into embodiment, socio-material theories and affective literacy, chapters explore: The opportunities of olfaction in early education research and practice Developing olfactory literacies Olfaction in children’s reading and story-telling Cultural and socio-technical influences on olfaction Anticipating olfactory education futures This unique book is the first volume to communicate the power of smell in early childhood, paving the way for new approaches that empower children through innovative multisensory experiences.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040183646

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Digital Personalization in Early Childhood

Impact on Childhood

By: Natalia Kucirkova

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Digital Personalization in Early Childhood

Impact on Childhood

By: Natalia Kucirkova

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Digital personalization is an emerging interdisciplinary research field, with application to a variety of areas including design, education and publication industry. This book focuses on children's education and literacy resources, which have undergone important changes with the 'personalization revolution' in the early 21st century. The author develops original insights from educational research and her own studies concerned with digital and non-digital personalization, to discuss in a clear and critical way the thinking, research issues and practical implications of this new field. She scrutinises the character of technology-based personalized education to substantiate the claim that the current models of personalized education tend to be technology- and business-driven, with little pedagogical understanding of the social value of personalization. Research involving touchscreens, personalized books and 2-8-year olds is interrogated for its impact on children's development of language, creativity, identity, as well as family dynamics and classroom dialogue. The literature available on digital and non-digital personalization is discussed in relation to five key themes of personalized education, the so-called 5As: autonomy, authorship, aesthetics, attachment and authenticity. It is argued that the 5As need to be anchored in humanist principles for a sustainable pedagogy and practice. Based on the insights from research with typically and atypically developing children, Kucirkova proposes personalised pluralisation, as a pedagogical framework of personalized education for the future. The book aims to help scholars and professionals understand the connections between personalization and literacy, personalization and education, and personalization and wider socio-moral issues.

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1474290825

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Outstanding Early Childhood Practice in ICT

By: Hui-Yun Sung,John Siraj-Blatchford,Natalia Kucirkova

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The Digitally-Agile Researcher

By: Natalia Kucirkova,Oliver Quinlan

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Inspirational Women in Academia

Supporting Careers and Improving Minority Representation

By: Natalia Kucirkova,Loleta Fahad

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Inspirational Women in Academia

Supporting Careers and Improving Minority Representation

By: Natalia Kucirkova,Loleta Fahad

Expert-led, interdisciplinary, and international in scope, this insightful book aims to increase the representation and leadership potential of women working in academia, examining the intersection of multiple inequalities with a specific focus on gender, age, ethnicity, and disability. A carefully crafted response to educational inequalities, the volume posits an invitation for dialogue around what it means to have success in higher education. This book expands the reader’s understanding of leadership in academia and the challenges specific to individual career pathways, offering a plethora of practical tried-and-tested strategies that individuals and institutions can adopt to create a more equal and socially just academic climate. Designed to encourage reflection on potential strategies and how they could be implemented, the ten co-authored chapters include first-person narratives, case studies inspired by interviews with academics, and links and recommendations for further reading. The personal accounts of the authors are enriched with those of other academics who have faced challenges in career progression. Each chapter is structured as a conversation between the authors in relation to an inequality issue, with a summary of scholarly literature and studies on the topic, followed by strategies successfully applied in practice. Strategies presented are firmly rooted in the everyday reality of working as a researcher, higher education lecturer, or academic administrator. This book is ideal reading for any minority working in higher education interested in promotion processes, equality and diversity in the workplace, and mentoring. It will also be of interest to providers of academic leadership courses, organisations, and institutions promoting gender equality in higher education, supporting women’s careers, and improving the representation, progression, and success of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff and students within higher education.

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1000806049

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Jumpstart! Apps

Creative learning, ideas and activities for ages 7–11

By: Natalia Kucirkova,Jon Audain,Liz Chamberlain

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Creative learning, ideas and activities for ages 7–11

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Routledge

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Book's by Natalia Kucirkova

The Future of the Self

The Future of the Self

Jumpstart! Apps

Jumpstart! Apps

The Future of the Self

The Future of the Self

How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books

How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books

Outstanding Early Childhood Practice in ICT

Outstanding Early Childhood Practice in ICT

The Digitally-Agile Researcher

The Digitally-Agile Researcher

How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books

How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books

Olfaction in Early Childhood Research and Practice

Olfaction in Early Childhood Research and Practice

Digital Personalization in Early Childhood

Digital Personalization in Early Childhood

Outstanding Early Childhood Practice in ICT

Outstanding Early Childhood Practice in ICT

The Digitally-Agile Researcher

The Digitally-Agile Researcher

Inspirational Women in Academia

Inspirational Women in Academia

Jumpstart! Apps

Jumpstart! Apps

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