Children, Technology and Play – Family Case Studies Audio transcriptions

<p>The <i>Family Case Studies Audio Transcriptions</i> dataset forms part of <b>Children, Technology and Play</b> (2019-2020), an 8-month co-produced study by academics from the University of Sheffield and University of Cape Town, South Africa, the LEGO Foundation and Dubit.</p> <p> </p><p>The study explored the contemporary play environments of children to identify the ways in which their play is shaped by technology, examine the relationship between digital play, learning and creativity, and explore the role of adults in mediating digital play.</p> <p> </p> <p>The UK research included case studies of 10 families in Sheffield with focus children aged 3-11. Each was visited 6 times at home and a range of qualitative data collection methods was employed.</p> <p> </p> This dataset comprises the transcriptions of audio interviews with the famiiles, the teachers of the focus child/children and the leaders of out-of-school clubs they attended, plus a spreadsheet containing relevant metadata. Personal and school names have been pseudonymised. <p> </p> <p>The project received ethical approval from the University of Sheffield (no. 028701).</p> <p> </p> <p>The research tools and other datasets from the study are deposited elsewhere in ORDA and have been brought together in the <b>Children, Technology and Play collection</b>.</p>