{"id":271,"date":"2018-10-16T12:54:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T19:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/?page_id=271"},"modified":"2018-10-16T12:55:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T19:55:14","slug":"phd-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/research\/phd-research\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>My PhD research:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For my dissertation research, I studied how young children interact with each other and digital devices in classroom settings. My research focused on the ways theory of mind (ToM) and prosocial behaviours of sharing manifest among preschool-aged children interacting with iPads. In this empirical study I designed a teaching intervention and used a mixed methods approach with design-based research (DBR) strategies, video ethnography for data collection, and repeated measures for quantitative analysis. The study\u2019s findings underscore the importance of exploring <em>in situ<\/em> children\u2019s ToM, using point of view wearable cameras, and the need for continued research to understand short and long-term implications of children\u2019s interactions with new media and technology.<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/files\/2016\/01\/3kids1ipad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-83 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/files\/2016\/01\/3kids1ipad-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"3kids1ipad\" width=\"273\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/files\/2016\/01\/3kids1ipad-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/files\/2016\/01\/3kids1ipad-768x464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/files\/2016\/01\/3kids1ipad-1024x619.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/files\/2016\/01\/3kids1ipad.jpg 1095w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ralph, R. (2017). <em>Sharing is caring : prosocial behaviours, theory of mind, and media and technology in early childhood education.<\/em> (Doctor of Philosophy), The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To read the full dissertation please <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/cIRcle\/collections\/ubctheses\/24\/items\/1.0343588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My PhD research: For my dissertation research, I studied how young children interact with each other and digital devices in classroom settings. My research focused on the ways theory of mind (ToM) and prosocial behaviours of sharing manifest among preschool-aged children interacting with iPads. In this empirical study I designed a teaching intervention and used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7214,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-271","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/271\/revisions\/274"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rachelaralph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}