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        <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">INFEDU</journal-id>
        <journal-title-group>
            <journal-title>Informatics in Education</journal-title>
        </journal-title-group>
        <issn pub-type="epub">1648-5831</issn>
        <issn pub-type="ppub">1648-5831</issn>
        <publisher>
            <publisher-name>VU</publisher-name>
        </publisher>
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                <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">INFEDU.2016.07</article-id>
                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15388/infedu.2016.07</article-id>
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            <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
                <subject>Article</subject>
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            <article-title>Investigating Parents&#039; Attitudes towards Digital Technology Use in Early Childhood: A Case Study from Croatia</article-title>
        </title-group>
                        <contrib-group>
                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                <name>
                    <surname>MIKELIĆ PRERADOVIĆ</surname>
                    <given-names>Nives</given-names>
                </name>
                                <email xlink:href="mailto:nmikelic@ffzg.hr">nmikelic@ffzg.hr</email>
                                                <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFEDU_aff_000"/>
                                            </contrib>
                        <aff id="j_INFEDU_aff_000">Department of Information and Communication Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
I. Lucica 3, 10000 Zagreb</aff>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                <name>
                    <surname>LEŠIN</surname>
                    <given-names>Gordana</given-names>
                </name>
                                <email xlink:href="mailto:g.lesin.zg@gmail.com">g.lesin.zg@gmail.com</email>
                                                <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFEDU_aff_001"/>
                                            </contrib>
                        <aff id="j_INFEDU_aff_001">Kindergarten Milan Sachs
Sachsova 5,10 000 Zagreb</aff>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                <name>
                    <surname>ŠAGUD</surname>
                    <given-names>Mirjana</given-names>
                </name>
                                <email xlink:href="mailto:msagud@ffzg.hr">msagud@ffzg.hr</email>
                                                <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFEDU_aff_002"/>
                                            </contrib>
                        <aff id="j_INFEDU_aff_002">Department of Pedagogy
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
I. Lucica 3, 10000 Zagreb</aff>
                                </contrib-group>
                                                                                                                                    <volume>15</volume>
                                <issue>1</issue>
                                    <fpage>127</fpage>
                        <lpage>146</lpage>
						<pub-date pub-type="epub">
                        <day>13</day>
                                    <month>04</month>
                        <year>2016</year>
        </pub-date>
                                                        <abstract>
                        <p>The aim of this study is to investigate perceptions of parents in Croatia towards advantages and disadvantages of computer use in general as well as their children&#039;s computer use and to reveal parents&#039; concerns and opinions about digital technology (DT) education in kindergarten. The paper reports on research findings from one of the large public kindergartens in the capital city of Croatia. A total of 152 parents of the children aged 3 to 7 enrolled at this early childhood education institution filled in the survey. Results show that although being very well equipped with digital technology hardware at home (99% of surveyed parents owns a computer, tablet or smartphone), parents feel anxious and are not always willing to allow their children to use DT. Results of our survey reveal young children&#039;s ability to use DT, but they also show that mere possession of DT at home and enabling children to use computers does not guarantee development of computer literacy and/or information literacy skills.</p>
                    </abstract>
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            <label>Keywords</label>
                        <kwd>early childhood education</kwd>
                        <kwd>kindergarten</kwd>
                        <kwd>computer literacy</kwd>
                        <kwd>information literacy</kwd>
                        <kwd>digital literacy</kwd>
                        <kwd>parents&#039; attitudes</kwd>
                        <kwd>children&#039;s DT use</kwd>
                        <kwd>DT education</kwd>
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