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Skärmar i blåsväder: En kvalitativ studie om förskollärares erfarenheter av skärmanvändning
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Educational sciences.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Educational sciences.
2025 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Screens in windy weather : A qualitative study on preschool teachers' experiences of screen use (English)
Abstract [sv]

Föreliggande studie syftar till att undersöka skärmanvändning och dess effekter i förskolan, utifrån förskollärares nyanserade erfarenheter. Studien utgår från en kvalitativ ansats där metoden för insamling av empiriskt material har varit semistrukturerade intervjuer med sju förskollärare, på fyra förskolor. Studiens teoretiska ramverk bygger på det sociokulturella perspektivet med tillhörande begreppet mediering. Mediering har använts för att tolka förskollärarnas erfarenheter. Datainsamlingen har analyserats med tematisk dataanalys som använts för att söka efter meningsfulla mönster för denna studie, genom förskollärarnas svar. Analysen av insamlade data har resulterat i tre teman: “Skärmar i medvind”, “Skärmar i motvind” och “Skärmar som komplement”. Resultatet visar att skärmanvändning är en komplex metod i förskolan, som bidrar med både positiva och negativa effekter på barns lärande, socialt samspel och deltagande. Vilka effekter skärmen bidrar med avgörs främst av syfte med användning, som varierar beroende på sammanhang, balanserad användning, resurstillgång samt barns och förskollärares skilda uppfattningar kring verktygets funktion. 

Abstract [en]

The present study aims to investigate screen use and its effects in preschool, based on the nuanced experiences of preschool teachers. The study is based on a qualitative approach where the method for collecting empirical material has been semi-structured interviews with seven preschool teachers, at four preschools. The theoretical framework of the study is based on the socio-cultural perspective with the associated concept of mediation. Mediation has been used to interpret the preschool teachers' experiences. The data collection has been analyzed with thematic data analysis that has been used to search for meaningful patterns for this study, through the preschool teachers' responses. The analysis of the collected data has resulted in three themes: “Screens in tailwind”, “Screens in headwind” and “Screens as a complement”. The results show that screen use is a complex method in preschool, which contributes with both positive and negative effects on children's learning, social interaction and participation. The effects that the screen contributes are primarily determined by the purpose of use, which varies depending on the context, balanced use, access to resources, and children's and preschool teachers' different perceptions of the tool's function.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2025. , p. 32
Keywords [en]
Screens, screen use, experiences, preschool teacher, mediation, digital tools
Keywords [sv]
Skärmar, skärmanvändning, erfarenheter, förskollärare, mediering, digitala verktyg
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Pedagogy
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-46388OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-46388DiVA, id: diva2:1932040
Subject / course
Education
Educational program
Preschool Teacher Education Programme
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Available from: 2025-01-30 Created: 2025-01-28 Last updated: 2025-10-02Bibliographically approved

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