Democracy and the identification and application of democratic practices
using ICT is important to declare and share.
• Such democratic features further clarify ICT and its position in ECE and
further legitimises its place. It adds to the defining of a pedagogy and practices that will inform, reassure and maximise purposeful uses of ICT by children and teachers.
• These features of our teaching pedagogy and practices are powerful.
• It is something that is enshrined in our curriculum . It enables us to define our identities as teachers, our children as learners and includes family/whaanau and community. It also affirms our contributions as a
sector to a democratic and fair society. It is something we teach in the here and now with children, whatever their age.