Andrew Manches
Professor of Children and Technology at the University of Edinburgh specialising in how young children interact with physical and digital materials, design-based research, and technology-enhanced early learning.
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Feb 4, 2026 • 46min
#210 Research in Action 27: Technology and learning with Andrew Manches
Andrew Manches, Professor of Children and Technology at the University of Edinburgh, explores how young children interact with physical and digital materials. He discusses blending screens with hands-on toys, balancing screen benefits and harms, gesture and embodied cognition, design-based research in real classrooms, and the rising role of AI in early learning.
