Overcoming Learning Difficulties with Smartphones in an Inclusive Primary Science Class

Autor/inn/en	Sormunen, Kati; Lavonen, Jari; Juuti, Kalle
Titel	Overcoming Learning Difficulties with Smartphones in an Inclusive Primary Science Class
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Learning, 8 (2019) 3, S.21-34 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-5250
Schlagwörter	Learning Problems; Handheld Devices; Telecommunications; Inclusion; Science Instruction; Elementary School Science; Foreign Countries; Elementary School Teachers; Elementary School Students; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Special Education Teachers; Finland (Helsinki) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernproblem; Telekommunikationstechnik; Inklusion; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Ausland; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Special education; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen
Abstract	This paper examines how pupils with learning difficulties (LDs) used smartphones as supportive learning tools in an inclusive science class and how the usage developed over a two-year period. The case study was conducted in a Finnish primary school, where nine LD pupils' smartphone usage was followed in three science learning practices that supported LDs. The data consisted of repeated smartphone questionnaires, interviews, learning outcomes, and teachers' memoranda. The content and co-occurrence network analysis revealed that the smartphone usage varied in different practices, and its benefits developed gradually during the research period. Research highlights that teachers' and pupils' engagement with a dedicated, collaborative, and long-lasting process of smartphone usage in teaching and learning enables the achievement of change. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01