Use of digital tehnology in evryday life of preschool children

Provedeno istraživanje imalo je za cilj pružiti opći uvid o uključenosti digitalne tehnologije u svakodnevicu djeteta predškolske dobi te ulogu roditelja u razvijanju djetetovog odnosa prema ovoj vrsti tehnologije. Zato se kroz ovo istraživanje donosi kratak pregled dosadašnje literature koji je stavljen u odnos s dobivenim rezultatima dubinskih intervjua realiziranima na prigodnom uzorku od sedam roditelja s barem jednim djetetom u starosti od tri do šest godina. Kroz pregled teorije se utvrdilo kako zastupljenost digitalne tehnologije kod djece predškolske dobi raste iz godine u godinu. Razlog tome je što nova digitalna tehnologija omogućuje djeci lakše korištenje i brže snalaženje spomenute tehnologije. Rezultati ovog istraživanja pokazali su kako nova digitalna tehnologija (tableti i smartphoni prvenstveno) nisu zastupljeni u velikoj mjeri među djecom predškolske dobi. Nadalje, ispostavilo se da roditelji ne poznaju dovoljno posljedice (bilo pozitivne ili negativne) digitalne tehnologije te da svoja uvjerenja temelje na intuitivnim pretpostavkama koje svoje korijene nalaze u medijskim raspravama. Na kraju, utvrđeno je kako stavovi i iskustva roditelja s digitalnom tehnologijom u velikoj mjeri utječu na to kako će djeca koristiti navedenu tehnologiju.The aim of this research was to give overview of how digital technology is incorporated into the everyday life of preschool children and role of parents in developing child relationship with this kind of technology. That is why, in this research, overview of existing literature was given which was used to better understand the results from in-depth interviews made with parents of children. Convenience sampling was used as method of picking seven parents with one or more child aged from three to six years. Overview of the existing research showed that use of digital technology in preschool children is growing from year to year. It is because digital technology is made in way which enables chlidern easier and quicker understanding of digital device. This research showed that preschool children don't use that kind technology (specially tablet computers and smartphones) to great extent. Which was interesting because results of in-depth interviews indicated that parents weren't informed of positive and negative repercussions that this kind of technology could produce. Theirs beliefs where grounded on intuitive assumptions which were based on discussions in media. In the end, it was shown that parents attitudes and experience with digital technology influenced children's use of digital devices