Abstract

This article deals with how teachers and pupils in seventh to ninth grade in Sweden look upon and relate to the incorporation of new digital technology in mother tongue education (Swedish). The result shows that both the classification and framing of the subject is being challenged by new technology, but that the awareness of the impact seems to be limited. It is suggested that the development might now be approaching a stage where the gradual change, "evolution," that has taken place through all the invasive "forms of media" that have been added to the teaching environment, will now contribute to a punctuated equilibrium, which will hopefully lead to a new inner stability or "homeostasis," in other words a paradigm shift. This, however, requires teachers to appropriate new technology as well as an awareness of its influence on the pedagogical discourse.

Citation

Erixon, P.O. (2016). Punctuated Equilibrium--Digital Technology in Schools' Teaching of the Mother Tongue (Swedish). Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 60(3), 337-358. Retrieved December 9, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/193942/.

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Keywords

• classification
• educational technology
• ethnography
• focus groups
• Foreign Countries
• information technology
• Interviews
• Native Language Instruction
• Observation
• Positive Attitudes
• Secondary School Students
• Secondary School Teachers
• student attitudes
• Student Interests
• Swedish
• teacher attitudes
• teaching methods
• technology integration