A Study On The Status Quo Of The Use Of Educational APPs By Preschool Children In Rural Areas In China

With the advent of the digital age,digital media has penetrated into all aspects of life,especially the integration of digital media and education,which is mainly manifested in the widespread application of educational APP,which has changed the traditional education method and promoted excellent education resources to a certain extent shared.As a weak area for educational development,the rural areas should make good use of educational apps so that preschool children can access better educational resources.However,in the process of using educational apps by preschool children in rural areas,many problems have arisen.What problems have arisen in the process of children's use of educational apps?As guardians and educators of children,how should parents instruct their children to use educational apps?These are worthy of our study.In this study,we first found out the threshold of using pre-school children's educational APP by reading a lot of literature.At the same time,a questionnaire named"The current situation of the use of educational APP for preschool children in rural areas"was designed from the basic situation of the family,the current situation of preschool children's use of educational APP,the behavior of parents using digital media,the use of APP to educate children's awareness,and the assistance of preschool children to use educational app.And observing in the field.Based on the questionnaire data,observations,and interview results,the problems and causes of preschool children's use of educational apps and parent-assisted behaviors were identified.Policy suggestions were made from four aspects:parents,kindergartens,the government and platform construction.Parents:First,strictly regulate their own habits;Second,enhance parents'awareness of using education apps to guide their children.In terms of kindergarten:First,to improve the information literacy of kindergarten teachers;Second,to unite home and school and work together to promote the healthy growth of children.On the government side:First,strictly control the quality of educational apps and strengthen access standards;Second,appropriately increase financial subsidies and monitor the charges of education apps;Third,develop an instruction manual for education apps.In terms of platform construction:first,the classification and presentation of educational apps;second,the irrelevant advertisements are strictly prohibited during the use of educational apps.