Journal of Technology and Information Education 2018, 10(2):16-23 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2018.007

SWEDISH PRIMARY AND PREPRIMARY STUDENT TEACHERS' VIEWS OF USING DIGITAL TOOLS IN PREPRIMARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

Timo TOSSAVAINEN, Maria JOHANSSON, Ewa-Charlotte FAARINEN, Anna KLISINSKA, Anne TOSSAVAINEN
Lulea University of Technology, Sweden

Our study surveys Swedish primary and preprimary student teachers' (n=94) views of content and methods of mathematics education in preschool and, especially, of using digital tools in preprimary mathematics education. The views related to digital tools turned out to be clearly positive in general. Students who are strongly for using digital tools are also more sure in saying that mathematics education in preschool should be fun. However, they agree less with the claims such as mathematics lessons should be structured, or that the responsibility for the mathematics education of small children belongs mainly to their parents. Those students who were quite strongly for using digital tools agreed less with the claim that mathematics is one of the most important areas of preprimary education. The willingness to take responsibility for children's mathematical education from the parents was the most significant single factor to explain the participants' opinions about using digital tools.

Keywords: Digital tool, ICT, mathematics education, preprimary, primary, view.

Received: June 19, 2018; Accepted: August 25, 2018; Prepublished online: August 28, 2018; Published: December 1, 2018  Show citation

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TOSSAVAINEN, T., JOHANSSON, M., FAARINEN, E., KLISINSKA, A., & TOSSAVAINEN, A. (2018). SWEDISH PRIMARY AND PREPRIMARY STUDENT TEACHERS' VIEWS OF USING DIGITAL TOOLS IN PREPRIMARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION. Journal of Technology and Information Education, 10(2), 16-23. doi: 10.5507/jtie.2018.007
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