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Research, both in France and in other countries, highlights the importance of the first years of life and the immense potential of young children. Educational policies need to recognize the importance of education from a very early age in order to eradicate illiteracy and allow better chances of success for all children. Young children, below age 6, can and do take pleasure in acquiring the written language if adequate conditions for learning are provided. New horizons have now opened up with the use of Information Technology and empowering results have been obtained in classes where children use computers for the simultaneous acquisition of both the oral and written language. This paper will focus on the new strategies used to implement such an educational policy — a policy of success for all should start in preschool!
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Cohen, R. (1998). Technology and young children — new strategies to prevent illiteracy and create better chances of success for all. In: Marshall, G., Ruohonen, M. (eds) Capacity Building for IT in Education in Developing Countries. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35195-7_17
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