Effective Parenting: New Trends and Approaches
This series of public lectures聽focuses on topics of concern for parents/guardians/grandparents in our fast-paced world and digital age. On November 7, Dr. Adam Dub茅,聽will be giving a talk titled:听"The myths and merits of children's iPad use from the cradle to the classroom鈥�.听
Adam Dub茅,聽Assistant Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
The talk provides parents with the latest research on the role of iPads in children鈥檚 development so that they can make informed decisions on how to incorporate iPads into their children鈥檚 lives. The discussion will cover how and why tablet time should be regulated, are iPads affecting children鈥檚 developing brains, and how to tell the good from the bad when selecting iPads apps for kids. - Adam Dub茅
Adam Dub茅 studies how deep conceptual understanding is acquired and applied. To this end, he investigates how educational technology augments the learning process. Does the tactile nature of tablet computers constitute a 鈥榟ands-on鈥� interaction and is it a formative factor in tablet computer learning? Is 3D printing a viable method for learning about the construction of everyday objects? Are games able to simultaneously entertain and educate? If so, how does learning within a game occur and does it change how the content is understood? His work also investigates conceptually-based problem solving in the area of simple mathematics. Not only a core knowledge area and interesting in its own right, mathematics provides a broad but organized system for modelling conceptually-based problem solving.
adam [dot] dube [at] mcgill [dot] ca听(贰苍驳濒颈蝉丑)