This sounds like a fabulous workshop for Liverpool City Council Looked After Children (and their carers) who are starting in Reception in September 2023 to attend. Thank you to our colleagues Virtual School Liverpool for all the brilliant work you do.

JOB ALERT! We are currently recruiting a postdoc for 23.5 months for our Economic and Social Research Council funded project examining the relationship between working memory and real world outcomes. Working with me, John Towse and Brian Francis: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…. Deadline: 7th Aug. Please RT.

An incredible first week here at the Ramacrisna institute in Brazil. I've been introducing the children to some new sports like Rugby and Cricket.

An unbelievable couple of weeks at Ramacrisna. Truly humbled to have been given the opportunity to work with such amazing students from 🇬🇧 & 🇧🇷

Reading for enjoyment is a vital ingredient of literacy and a gateway to enhanced life chances but @literacy_trust research shows that more than 56% of 8 to 18-year-olds don’t enjoy reading in their own time. theguardian.com/books/2023/sep…

Time for a MASSIVE investment in Early Years. If we don't many children will pay the price, as will society as a whole. theguardian.com/education/2023…

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Hot off the press - our new meta-analysis! We found a small effect of adult-child media co-use on children’s learning (based on 17 studies). Studies were limited by small sample sizes and lack of variety in design. Dr Gemma Taylor Jamie Lingwood GiovanniSala1897 shorturl.at/u5GrQ

Looking forward to reading this! Great work @DamsonEd

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📚 New paper published "Does adult-child co-use during digital media use improve children's learning aged 0-6 years? A systematic review with meta-analysis" (Taylor et al., 2024) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…. Here's what we found! 👇 #EdTech #EarlyChildhoodEducation (1/3)

New research from our lab in collaboration with Joanna Kolak Jamie Lingwood GiovanniSala1897

It's important to think about how the #children in our lives use #DigitalMedia, especially when 64% of children between 2 & 5 use it for more than an hour a day. This article from Dr Jamie Lingwood & Prof. Gemma Taylor suggests using #tech together: tinyurl.com/ymnch63d