Peer-reviewed article
The Contemporary Orientation of AR in Early Childhood Education
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Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This paper reviews research on augmented reality (AR) use in early childhood education from 2009 to 2018. The authors note that AR is being implemented across various education levels, including early childhood settings. The main reason for implementing AR in early childhood is to increase children's interest in learning. The paper focuses specifically on marker-based AR as a tool to help young children concentrate and stay engaged during learning activities.
Key points
- AR is being used across multiple levels of education including early childhood, primary, secondary, and higher education
- Publications on AR in early childhood education decreased over the 10-year study period
- The primary motivation for implementing AR in early childhood is to reinforce children's interest in education
- Marker-based AR is highlighted as a specific approach for early childhood settings
Limitations
This is a review paper without empirical data on actual outcomes for children. The document does not provide evidence of whether AR interventions actually improve learning, engagement, or child well-being outcomes.
Abstract
Nowadays early childhood education establishments are places where kids aren’t only taken care of but conjointly where rigorously planned academic activities (based on pedagogical frameworks) are executed. Augmented Reality is being widely enacted in numerous level of pedagogy like higher-level education, secondary education, primary education, and in informal learning. The purpose of this paper is to bring out the present study on AR in early childhood education between 2009-2018. From results it has been noted that around the past 10 years the publications on early childhood education is reduced and found that the foremost reason for implementing AR is to reinforce the act of interest towards education. This paper centralizes on Implementing ‘Marker-based’ AR in Early Childhood education which would encourage and keep students concentrated in way of learning..