Digital personalization is an interdisciplinary research field with application to various areas, including design, education, and the publication industry. This book focuses on children's education and literacy resources, which have undergone significant changes with the 'personalization revolution' in the early 21st century. The author develops original insights from educational research and her own studies to discuss the thinking, research issues, and practical implications of this new field. The book examines 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. It discusses the literature available on digital and non-digital personalization in relation to five key themes of personalized education, the 5As: autonomy, authorship, aesthetics, attachment, and authenticity. It argues that the 5As need to be anchored in humanist principles for a sustainable pedagogy and practice. 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.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 21 March 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

This book, available through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme, explores the interdisciplinary field of digital personalization and its applications in various domains, including design, education, and the publication industry. It focuses specifically on children's education and literacy resources, which have undergone significant transformations due to the 'personalization revolution' of the early 21st century. The author draws upon her own educational research and personalization studies to offer original insights into the thinking, research issues, and practical implications of this emerging field. She critically examines the nature of technology-based personalized education, challenging the prevailing models that are often driven by technology and business interests, with limited pedagogical understanding of the social value of personalization. The book delves into research involving touchscreens, personalized books, and children aged 2-8 years, exploring its impact on children's language development, creativity, identity, family dynamics, and classroom dialogue. The literature on digital and non-digital personalization is discussed in relation to five key themes of personalized education, known as the 5As: autonomy, authorship, aesthetics, attachment, and authenticity. It is argued that these themes should be grounded in humanist principles for sustainable pedagogy and practice. Drawing on research with typically and atypically developing children, the author proposes personalised pluralisation as a pedagogical framework for personalized education in the future. The book aims to assist scholars and professionals in understanding the potential of digital personalization in enhancing learning experiences and promoting individualization in education.

Digital Personalization: An Interdisciplinary Research Field with Applications in Design, Education, and the Publication Industry

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 childrens 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 unde.

Weight: 348g
Dimension: 157 x 233 x 11 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350105539