Information activities and appropriation in teacher trainees’ digital, group-based learning
Study details
| Year: | 2014 |
| Scope: | National |
| Countries: | Sweden |
| Methodology: | Empirical research – Qualitative |
| Methods of data collection: | Ethnography / participant observation |
| Researched Groups: | Teachers / Educators |
| Children Ages: | Preschool (0-5 Years old) |
| Consents: | Consent obtained from teachers / caretakers |
| Informed Consent: | Consent obtained |
| URL: | http://informationr.net/ir/21-1/paper700.html#.YeCN1y8w3UJ |
| Data Set Availability: | Not mentioned |
Goals
"The aim of this paper is to show how information activities are performed in digital, group-based learning and their relation to the interplay between use and appropriation of digital tools and the learning environment. Drawing on the findings from an ethnographic study conducted at a teacher-training programme, observations of interactions with digital tools such as Facebook and Google Drive are analysed, together with field notes and interviews. Two research questions guide the investigation:
1. How do teacher trainees perform information activities during digital, group-based learning?
2. How is the process of using and appropriating digital tools to support and organise group-based learning constrained and enabled by the learning environment in teacher training?"
(Author, in Introduction)