The interest in this doctoral thesis is how information and communication technologies (ICT) impact on classroom interaction and may challenge and transform teaching and learning. A reason for considering this as a field of investigation is grounded in the fact that in Sweden, digital tools and they are considered a natural part of elementary education. A lot is expected from ICT in education and the ongoing debate is based on the premise that they will be a catalyst to create change. The aim here is to explore in what way the use of ICT may affect the interaction between subject content, teachers and learners. Two theoretical approaches: the sociocultural perspective on learning (SäljĂś, 2000; Vygotsky, 1986; Wertch, 1998) and the tradition of Didaktik (Hopmann, 1999; 2007; Klafki, 1995; 2000) are used to answer the studyâs overall aim and the different aspects of the research questions. The ambition is to contribute to the field of âdidactics and ICTâ and also to the ongoing debate about âdigital competenciesâ in the twenty-first century. The empirical data is derived from a case study in a primary school. Ethnographic techniques were used in order to collect the data during a period of four years. The research questions have been explored through different analytical lenses and the findings are presented in four papers. The main findings of the study highlight relations between the subject content and the digital tools and challenges notions about what to teach, which affects possibilities for and limitations in how pupils interact with ICT but also the distinguishing features of the pupilsâ final outcomes. This opens the way for a discussion about teaching the subject content in relation to the digital affordances, the understanding of pupilsâ meaning-making in connection with the premises of digital school tasks, and what competencies are important in the digitalized classroom.
Parts of work
1. Kjellsdotter, A. (2019). What matter(s) A didactical analysis of primary school teachersâ ICT integration. [under review for publication]
2. Ăman, A., & Sofkova Hashemi, S. (2015). Design and redesign of a multimodal classroom taskâImplications for teaching and learning. Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 14, 139-159.
3. Ăman, A., & Svensson, L. (2015). Similar products different processes: Exploring the orchestration of digital resources in a primary school project. Computers & Education, 81, 247-258. visa artikel
4. Kjellsdotter, A. (2017). From earth to spaceâAdvertising films created in a computer-based primary school task. Cogent Education, 4(1), 1419419.
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The interest in this doctoral thesis is how information and communication technologies (ICT) impact on classroom interaction and may challenge and transform teaching and learning.
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ISBN
9789179630249
Publisert
2020-05-08
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ACTA Universitatis Gothoburgensis
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530 gr
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230 mm
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160 mm
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15 mm
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Engelsk
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Heftet
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176
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