"Internet? That's an App You Can Download". First-Graders Use Linguistic Resources to Describe Internet and Digital Information

Autor/inn/en	Wennås Brante, Eva; Walldén, Robert
Titel	"Internet? That's an App You Can Download". First-Graders Use Linguistic Resources to Describe Internet and Digital Information
Quelle	In: Education Inquiry, 14 (2023) 1, S.1-21 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wennås Brante, Eva) ORCID (Walldén, Robert)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1080/20004508.2021.1950273
Schlagwörter	Grade 1; Elementary School Students; Internet; Information Technology; Knowledge Level; Experience; Language Usage; Foreign Countries; Comprehension; Young Children; Definitions; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Informationstechnologie; Wissensbasis; Erfahrung; Sprachgebrauch; Ausland; Verstehen; Verständnis; Frühe Kindheit; Begriffsbestimmung; Schweden
Abstract	Given young children's frequent use of the internet and the expectations formulated in policy documents such as the Swedish national curriculum, teachers need to promote critical awareness about information found online, even in the earliest years of schooling. Responding to the need for more information about how first-graders understand the internet, we report on findings from focus group interviews concerning what students in Grade 1 think the internet is and what kind of experiences and linguistic resources they draw upon to express their understanding. Based on thematic and systemic-functional linguistic analysis, the results show that the children mostly express an understanding of the internet as something concrete, such as an app, as something encapsulated in apps or hardware and, more generally, as an enabler for the use of different apps. Students connections to using YouTube and games are prevalent, and their understanding of the internet is shaped by experiences of screen interactions when using these apps. On rare occasions, students hesitantly tried to formulate abstract perspectives concerning what the internet is or what it means. Possible directions for promoting and researching a more abstract understanding in pedagogical practice are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01