ABSTRACT

The beginning of primary education is an important time to form a good basis for students to develop their digital competence. However, the use of digital technologies is seldom a part of everyday schoolwork during the first years of primary school education. Furthermore, instruction on digital competence is often loosely connected to the students’ own ideas. Since there is obviously a need to investigate student-initiated involvement, this case study examined six to seven-year-old children’s views and ideas of using digital technology in school lessons through drawings and interviews. The results show that some of the students did not share the idea of using digital technology in their school lessons but most of the students did. In particular, the students expected digital devices to be used for learning, not for entertainment. Furthermore, their ideas reflected teacher-centred and student-centred approaches to learning digital competence. The study demonstrates that young students’ drawings and interviews reflect a range of important aspects in respect to teaching and learning digital competence.

摘要

小学教育的开始是为学生发展数字能力打下良好基础的重要时期。然而，在小学教育的头几年，数字技术的使用很少成为日常功课的一部分。此外，关于数字能力的教学通常与学生自己的想法松散地联系在一起。由于显然需要调查学生发起的参与，因此本案例研究通过绘图和访谈调查了 6 至 7 岁儿童在学校课程中使用数字技术的观点和想法。结果表明，一些学生不同意在学校课程中使用数字技术的想法，但大多数学生同意。特别是，学生希望数字设备用于学习，而不是娱乐。此外，他们的想法反映了以教师为中心和以学生为中心的学习数字能力的方法。该研究表明，年轻学生的绘画和访谈反映了在教学和学习数字能力方面的一系列重要方面。