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  1. Two worlds collide? The role of Chinese traditions and Western influences in Chinese preservice teachers’ perceptions of appropriate technology use

    Article • British Journal of Educational Technology, June 2020, Wiley

    Pekka Mertala

  2. Teachers’ beliefs about technology integration in early childhood education: A meta-ethnographical synthesis of qualitative research

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, December 2019, Elsevier

    Pekka Mertala

  3. Paradoxes of participation in the digitalization of education: a narrative account

    Article • Learning Media and Technology, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Pekka Mertala

  4. (Vasta)kertomuksia koulutuksen digitalisaatiosta

    Article • Kasvatus & Aika, October 2019, Kasvatus ja Aika

    Pekka Mertala

  5. The best game in the world: Exploring young children’s digital game–related meaning-making via design activity

    Article • Global Studies of Childhood, August 2019, SAGE Publications

    Pekka Mertala

  6. It is a tool, but not a ‘must’: early childhood preservice teachers’ perceptions of ICT and its affordances

    Article • Early Years Journal of International Research and Development, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Pekka Mertala

  7. Young children’s perceptions of ubiquitous computing and the Internet of Things

    Article • British Journal of Educational Technology, May 2019, Wiley

    Pekka Mertala

  8. Multiliteracies in local curricula: conceptual contextualizations of transversal competence in the finnish curricular framework

    Article • Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Pekka Mertala, Lauri Palsa

  9. Young children’s conceptions of computers, code, and the Internet

    Article • International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, November 2018, Elsevier

    Pekka Mertala

  10. Digital technologies in early childhood education – a frame analysis of preservice teachers’ perceptions

    Article • Early Child Development and Care, September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Pekka Mertala

  11. Wonder children and victimizing parents – preservice early childhood teachers’ beliefs about children and technology at home

    Article • Early Child Development and Care, May 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Pekka Mertala

  12. Wag the dog – The nature and foundations of preschool educators' positive ICT pedagogical beliefs

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, April 2017, Elsevier

    Pekka Mertala

  13. Fun and games - Finnish children’s ideas for the use of digital media in preschool

    Article • Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy, December 2016, Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS

    Pekka Mertala

  14. The value of toys: 6–8-year-old children's toy preferences and the functional analysis of popular toys

    Article • International Journal of Play, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Pekka Mertala