The Global Childhoods Research Group is hosting an academic visit by Dr Suzannie Leung from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in May 2024. This seminar is the second of two seminars that Dr Leung will present during her visit.
In the 21st century, along with fine arts, media art has become an essential genre for young children. Undoubtedly, early visual arts give children a powerful language to express themselves aesthetically, cognitively, and creatively through symbolic representations. However, the digital play remains a controversial issue in early childhood education, causing many schools to delay implementing digital arts. Recently, many international scholars have studied how digital technologies relate to children's learning experiences at school, arguing that digital devices (e.g., tablet computers, cameras and video recorders) may allow children to produce more creative content, such as drawings, photos, and films. One of my studies explored the role of video art in early visual arts education by using digital devices in a summer workshop in Hong Kong on video making, applying the digital play framework to the data collected. The findings revealed that the children who participated were able to explore the professional device through epistemic play. Meanwhile, they were able to use film language to share their toy-playing stories and make their own 1-minute video through ludic play. This webinar will introduce the video-making project as a case study to discuss the potential value of creative digital art in early childhood education. Theoretical and practical significance will be discussed.
Dr Leung is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She has an interdisciplinary background of visual arts, psychology and early childhood education. She is a registered kindergarten teacher and a qualified kindergarten principal. Her academic works explored multidisciplinary and integrative approaches in Hong Kong education settings and her works were recognised by several overseas academic journals.
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