Technology – especially the kind that involves screens – always divides opinion when it comes to children. Meredith Jones Russell talks to two digital tech experts to find out how they think the subject should be represented within the revised EYFS

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marcMARC FAULDER

Early years teacher and Apple distinguished educator

What is your opinion of the current position of digital technology in the EYFS?

The early learning goal for ‘Technology’, within Understanding the World, is too limited in its relationship to computing in the National Curriculum and needs to be more scientific. It needs to relate to computational thinking skills and coding to best prepare children for algorithmic thinking in Key Stage 1 (KS1).

The last curriculum review in 2012 took place in a very different landscape in terms of what children had access to and what they were using at home. Now we have had children go through that system and seen the impact of not including nurseries in it. Overexposure has led to some children becoming increasingly inactive physically, while no exposure has meant we have seen young children who don’t know how to use a mouse or a keyboard. We need to address this.

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