The aim with this study was to investigate how a few teachers in Swedish, at upper secondary school, are using computers in their teaching, and what approach they have towards using computers in teaching. A qualitative study has been made to accive a result, on this matter, were five currently teaching teachers in Swedish, at different upper secondary schools, have been intervjued. The teachers answered questions concerning how and in what speciefic fields of study they use computers, the computer program and -tools they are using and what benefits and disadvantiges they see with computers in teaching. They also answered questions concerning the availability of computers at the schools which they are working. The study showed that the way teachers are using computers in their teaching, and the amount they are using them varied between the teachers; but all are using computers mainly with the purpose to write texts and to search for information. All teachers also had in common that they are using computers not as frequently and in a different way when grammar is concerned. It appered that the teachers were mainly positive to use computers in their teaching, even if some teachers acknowleadged more disadvantiges than the others. They expressed that the strongest advantages when using computers in teaching are that it makes textediting and searching for information easier. The disadvantiges when using computers in teaching they believed were, among others, that computers can be disturbing in teaching and that the requirements of the evalutation of the sources increases.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hj-20569 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Johansson, Sabine, Palmgren, Robert |
| Publisher | Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK. Medie-, litteratur- och språkdidaktik, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK. Medie-, litteratur- och språkdidaktik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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