Speaker
Description
Abdullahi, I.
Department of Early Childhood Care Education, Isa Kaita College of Education, Dutsin-ma, Katsina State, Nigeria
babanaliyu@gmail.com
Track: Inclusion, Equity and Digital Access
The gendering evolving digital tools is critical in shaping early childhood development approaches. The global gender equity and equality pattern may be use to influence production and integration of digital technologies within the Reggio Emilia approach to Early Childhood Development (REA-ECD). Rooted in child-centered, constructivist philosophy, the Reggio Emilia approach emphasizes the use of all environmental resources to facilitate collaborative teaching and learning for increasing creativity, and soft skills for social interaction. The rise in the digital technologies have introduce new opportunities and challenges, particularly in relation to gender access and participation. Using a qualitative-analytical framework supported by synthesized empirical and illustrative survey data, the paper intended to explores gender access patterns and disparities in the use of digital pedagogy and learning outcomes. It may further investigates global trends in shaping ECD in a digitalization sustainability. Findings indicate that, the use of digital tools enhance documentation, creativity, and collaboration. It can vanish the persistent gender gaps in the access opportunity to digital tools in pedagogies. The paper may recommends gender-responsive digital policies, inclusive training, and culturally relevant practices to ensure safer, equitable and sustainable gendered early childhood development.
Keywords: Gender, Digital Innovation, Reggio Emilia, Early Childhood Development, Global Dynamics