how do the websites facilitate children’s socialisation? a piagetian approach

purpose: throughout the concrete operational stage children gradually become socialized. this is the result of the reduction in egocentrism and the increase in decentralization and personal identity. piaget believes that both the manipulation of concrete objects and interaction with people can form an active experience while facilitating children socialization. this results in their cognitive development. therefore, this research aimed to investigate the extent to which children’s websites, as concrete objects, are well-equipped with the necessary features to facilitate their socialization. methodology: this research employed mixed methods including qualitative and quantitative approach for the data gathering. the research population included 11 available persian websites and 30 english websites which were selected from the list of the great websites for children through systematic sampling method. findings: the findings indicate that, in general, children’s websites are not completely capable of fostering socialization in children. however, some particular websites such as disney, pbs, and kol were equipped with suitable features to the facilitate socialization processes in children. despite the developmental importance of children’s websites and the possible role that they can play in facilitating the process of socialisation, no research is conducted or implemented a tool to evaluate the capability of children’s websites in this regard.