Bridging the Gaps - Affective, cognitive, and social consequences of digital revolution for youth development and education (GAPS)
Main funder
Funder's project number: 308351
Funds granted by main funder (€)
- 280 000,00
Funding program
Project timetable
Project start date: 01/09/2017
Project end date: 31/12/2017
Summary
GAPS team with five leading interdisciplinary professors (developmental science, cognitive neuroscience, educational psychology, medicine) examine longitudinally digital revolution and its consequences for affective, cognitive, brain, and social development and education among adolescents in Finnish and global context. Moreover, in Finland we examine longitudinal fMRI, experience sampling by smartphones, biomarkers of cortisol and sleep, and social networks including social sensors. Finally, Finnish high school 2016 reform offers an excellent natural experiment to examine the role of digitalisation to 21st century skills development. The mission of our collaboration is to stimulate innovative, interdisciplinary and comparative research. The major objective is to promote the next generation of researchers and facilitate a better understanding and discourse with different stakeholders how to equip young people for mastering the challenges of growing up in a changing global context.
Principal Investigator
Primary responsible unit
Follow-up groups
Profiling area: Multidisciplinary research on learning and teaching (University of Jyväskylä JYU) MultiLeTe; School of Wellbeing (University of Jyväskylä JYU) JYU.Well
Related publications and other outputs
- Associations between identity processes and success in developmental tasks during the transition from emerging to young adulthood (2019) Mannerström, Rasmus; et al.; A1; OA
- Development of Friendship and Task Values in a New School : Friend Selection for the Arts and Physical Education but Socialization for Academic Subjects (2018) Chow, Angela; et al.; A1
- Friends, academic achievement, and school engagement during adolescence : A social network approach to peer influence and selection effects (2018) Wang, Ming-Te; et al.; A1
- Identity profiles and digital engagement among Finnish high school students (2018) Mannerström, Rasmus; et al.; A1; OA
- Study engagement and burnout profiles among Finnish higher education students (2017) Salmela-Aro, Katariina; et al.; A1; OA
