INTERPRETIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE USE OF AUGMENTED REALITY IN FAMILY ENVIRONMENT WITHIN CHILDREN'S PLAY THROUGH THE OPTICS OF QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY

Abstract

AR (Augmented Reality) as a current phenomenon has become increasingly recognized and used not only by professionals in the school educational context, but also by parents in the context of family education. Children's leisure time vs. digital technologies in the contours of (family) education is a very actual worldwide issue and in recent years a lot of scientific studies have been devoted to this subject matter in Slovakia. The scientific study presented here focuses on the phenomena of AR and qualitative methodology with the aim to present methodologically applicable principles when investigating AR in education. The principles of a qualitative research and methodology are elaborated and practically applied in a conducted research of AR used in a family environment, detouring its typical use in school educational contexts. In the presented study the authors deal with an investigation of the interpretations of parents of children between 4 and 6 years of age, who shared their views and opinions on the use of AR in their home environment. The methods of indirect observation, focused interview and the constant comparative method were used in the presented research.