Marga Sikkema-de Jong
Professor Education and Child Development in a Digital World
- Name
- Prof.dr. T.M. Sikkema-de Jong
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 3881
- jongtm@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Marga Sikkema-de Jong is Professor of Digital Education and Child Development at Leiden University. Marga combines academic expertise in education and child development with practical experience in (special) primary education. She earned her master’s degree in Education and Child Studies at Leiden University (cum laude, 1996), and obtained her PhD there in 2003 with a dissertation on digital picture books and emergent literacy in young children.
Marga Sikkema-de Jong is Professor of Digital Education and Child Development at Leiden University. Marga combines academic expertise in education and child development with practical experience in (special) primary education. She earned her master’s degree in Education and Child Studies at Leiden University (cum laude, 1996), and obtained her PhD there in 2003 with a dissertation on digital picture books and emergent literacy in young children.
Research
Marga Sikkema-de Jong’s research focuses on the pedagogical significance of digitality within education and child development. She investigates how digital technologies – ranging from interactive picture books to social media and generative AI – influence the learning, development and social relationships of children and young people, from early childhood to higher education. Her work combines conceptual reflection on digitality with empirical methods, including randomised controlled trials, correlational studies and meta-analyses. Her research addresses both causal relationships and explanatory mechanisms, and explores the implementation of evidence-based interventions in educational and care settings, in close collaboration with professionals and children.
Professor Education and Child Development in a Digital World
- Social & Behavioural Sciences
- Education and Child Studies
- Learning/Behaviour Problems in Education
- Mol S.E., Bus A.G. & Jong M.T. de (27 August 2009), Interaction: A vital component of book reading in classrooms?. Poster presented at the 13th Biennial conference of the EARLI. Amsterdam. [lecture].
- Mol S.E., Bus A.G. & Jong M.T. de (11 December 2009), To read or not to read: A meta-analysis in developmental perspective. Paper gepresenteerd tijdens de Interacademiale. Nijmegen. [lecture].
- Jong M.T. de & Bus A.G. (22 June 2009), Living books to facilitate entrance to a literate culture?. Paper gepresenteerd tijdens de Derde conferentie onderzoek in cultuureducatie. Zwolle. [lecture].
- Ronde-Davidse N.J. de & Jong M.T. de (28 August 2009), Do cognitive child characteristics moderate effects of environmental factors on vocabulary and print knowledge of preschoolers?. European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction. Amsterdam. [lecture].
- Jong M.T. de (24 March 2009), De grenzen van mijn taal zijn de grenzen van mijn wereld. Over het belang van voorlezen in de voorschoolse periode. Paperbijdrage aan de conferentie Lezen Centraal 'Klein beginnen. Leesbevordering en het jonge kind' georganiseerd door de Stichting Lezen. Ede. [lecture].
- Jong M.T. de & Bus A.G. (2 April 2009), Design features in living books and their effects on young children's vocabulary. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Denver (USA). [lecture].
- Mol S.E., Bus A.G. & Jong M.T. de (24 June 2009), Home literacy environment and literacy outcomes from childhood throughout young adulthood: A meta-analysis on the effects of print exposure. Paper presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the SSSR. Boston. [lecture].
- Ronde-Davidse N.J. de, Bus A.G. & Jong M.T. de (28 August 2009), Validity of a children's storybook cover recognition task as a measure of home literacy. Paper presented at the EARLI conference. Amsterdam. [lecture].
- Jong M.T. de (27 February 2009), Een dissertatie moet lumineus, maar niet volumineus zijn. Bijdrage aan de ISED introductiedag voor promovendi. Leiden. [lecture].
- Jong M.T. de & Bus A.G. (6 March 2008), The Potential Contribution of Computers to Early Literacy. Second International Conference on Early Childhood Education. Arnhem, The Netherlands. [lecture].
- Jong M.T. de, Bus A.G., Verhallen M.J.A.J. & Kooy-Hofland V.A.C. van der (12 April 2007), Linquistic development under the influence of living books. Contribution to LANSPAN colloquia, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Groningen. [lecture].
- Mol S.E., Bus A.G., Jong M.T. de & Smeets D.J.H. (12 June 2007), An up-date and expansion of a meta-analysis of parent-child book reading. In O. Korat, Early Literacy Events and Children's Literacy. SSSR meetings 2007. Praag, Czech Republic. [lecture].
- Jong M.T. de & Bus A.G. (19 September 2006), Voorlezen en multimediaverhalen op kinderdagverblijven. Symposium: Platform voorlezen. Utrecht. [lecture].
- Jong M.T. de & Bus A.G. (29 June 2006), Where did mister Owl take us? Are multimedia stories a barrier or walking frame for preschoolers on their way to literacy. Symposium: How Media can contribute to early literacy. Amsterdam. [lecture].
- Jong M.T. de & Bus A.G. (10 May 2006), Animated stories: Catalyst for reading and language development of preschoolers?. Conferentie: Onderwijs Research Dagen Symposium: Voorlezen aan jonge kinderen: leerzame kenmerken. Amsterdam. [lecture].
- Bus A.G. & Jong M.T. de (25 January 2006), Geletterd worden met de Muis. Symposium: Jeugdliteratuur en andere media. Tilburg. [lecture].
- Jong M.T. de (6 July 2006), Where did mister OWl take us? Are multimedia stories a barrier or walking frame for preschollers on their way to literacy?. Symposium: Parenting and early literacy. Vancouver, Canada. [lecture].
- Bus A.G., Verhallen M.J.A.J. & Jong M.T. de (7 November 2003), Elektronische boeken in de vroegschoolse educatie. Presentatie gehouden voor NUV (Nederlandse Uitgevers Vereniging). Amsterdam. [lecture].
- Jong M.T. de & Bus A.G. (1 December 2001), Quality of book-reading matters. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Reading Conference.. San Antonio, Texas. [lecture].