RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 TOSSAVAINEN, Timo
A1 JOHANSSON, Maria
A1 FAARINEN, Ewa-Charlotte
A1 KLISINSKA, Anna
A1 TOSSAVAINEN, Anne
T1 SWEDISH PRIMARY AND PREPRIMARY STUDENT TEACHERS' VIEWS OF USING DIGITAL TOOLS IN PREPRIMARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
JF Journal of Technology and Information Education
YR 2018
VO 10
IS 2
SP 16
OP 23
DO 10.5507/jtie.2018.007
UL https://jtie.upol.cz/artkey/jti-201802-0007.php
AB 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.