Tímarit um menntarannsóknir - 01.01.2013, Side 182

Tímarit um menntarannsóknir - 01.01.2013, Side 182
Þórdís Þórðardóttir Abstract Material for children and habitus in families: The access of 4-5 years old nursery children to children's books and digital media in their homes This article addresses the consumption of, classical children's literature, popular culture and computer games in young children homes. The aim was to analyse the amount and role of above mentioned material, including reading habits, time spent watching TV and DVD's and play- ing computer games, beside parents' eva- luation of its importance for their child- ren's education. The data is drawn from one of three section of the authors Ph.D. thesis on preschool children's cultural literacy, from 2012. This part of the research took form of questionnaire survey of 115 parents of children aged four and five in four diffe- rent preschools in Reykjavík. Multicult- uralism is emphasized in the first school curriculum, traditional Icelandic storytell- ing in the second one. The third has gen- der separated classes and the fourth high rate of immigrant children. The question- naire contained questions about children's consumption of literature and popular culture at home. The response rate was 70, 4% (N=81). The theoretical background has its roots in Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, family values and taste. In this study the lens is centred at parents' choice of lite- rature and popular culture in their homes with a purpose to shed a light on the ho- mes consumption of classical children's literature, popular culture and computer games. An attempt was made to deve- lop concepts of different family habitus, drawn from the parents' evaluation of the children's taste of literature, popular cult- ure and computer games. The findings indicate children's literat- ure and popular culture including TV pro- grams for children, DVDs and computer games to be common in the homes, and the parents' choices of these materials ap- peared to be linked to the children's gen- der. Time spent on computer games was less than spent on watching TV and DVD's and listening to parents read aloud. Most of the parents described TV programs for children as informative but some worried about the violence and ugliness offered to children through these programs. The parents considered computers important for the children's further educa- tion but a significant gender difference appeared between parents evaluation of the children's use of computer on the boys benefit. Furthermore the findings supported gender and ethnicity as part of parents' choices regarding literature and popular culture. The parent's education did not emerge as a significant factor un- 180
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