The authors of this article have collaborated as part of a steering group for Norwegian state-funded research and development project designed to enhance the professional digital competence (PDC) of both teacher educators, practising, and student teachers. In this article, we give voice to students’ experiences of their PDC development during teacher education (TE). We investigate their ideas on how TE might be developed to prepare them better for professional careers in a digital context. The participants are studying at a Norwegian university where, from 2018 to 2021, PDC has become a major area of focus as part of the aforementioned project. The data consist of four group interviews with 17 students from different campuses. We find that student teachers employ a broad range of digital technologies during TE. They experience a diversity of digital didactical practices and engage in thematic discussions concerning digitalization. They also utilise many technologies and apply the digital knowledge they have acquired in their personal lives. While some of them request more technical support during TE, most want to see TE engaging them in more critical discussions about the educational opportunities and challenges that digitalization offers. We discuss some of the dilemmas that TE must address to respond to these findings. In particular, we elaborate on how students’ digital experiences can be used as a resource when preparing for their professional roles as teachers.
Dean Teaching and Learning, Førsteamanuensis, Handelshøgskolen BI anne.swanberg@bi.no SAMMENDRAG I denne studien har vi analysert 22 av de totalt 91 innspillene som ble sendt til ministeren i forbindelse med utformingen av Stortingsmelding 16 (2016-2017) Kultur for kvalitet i høyere utdanning (Kunnskapsdepartementet, 2017). Vi undersøker i hvilken grad og på hvilke måter innspillene og Meld. St. 16 kobler digitalisering og utdanningskvalitet. En tematisk analyse viser at det er stor enighet både blant de ulike aktørene og departementet om at digitalisering kan bidra til å fremme utdanningskvalitet. Digitalisering antas å kunne styrke profesjonsrelevans, studentaktivitet og gjøre det mulig å tilby helhetlige utdanningsprogram på tvers av campuser. Studien indikerer også at fagansatte trenger mer kompetanse og institusjonene trenger nasjonale støttestrukturer for å kunne realisere potensia-
I dag har norske elever på videregående skoler PC på pulten, både i timer og når de svarer på oppgaver. I artikkelen analyseres intervjuer med, og observasjoner av medielærere og norsklærere for å undersøke hvordan de erfarer og tenker om praksisene som vokser frem med elevers tilgang til teknologi. Norsklærerne forteller i hovedsak om utfordringer, mens medielærerne beskriver hvordan digitale verktøy brukes som redskap i arbeid med å løse oppgaver. Studien viser at tradisjonelle didaktiske praksiser i mediefag støttes av teknologi, mens møtet mellom norskfaglige undervisningstradisjoner og teknologi er spenningsfullt. For at satsingen på teknologirike skoler skal bli en god investering, er det avgjørende å lære av de didaktiske praksiser som fungerer godt i moderne klasserom.Abstract Today Norwegian upper secondary school students have access to computers during lessons and during testing. To explore how teachers teaching Norwegian and Media-subjects experience the practices that emerge with students’ access to technologies, I have analyzed interviews and observations of their meetings. The teachers who teach Norwegian mostly mention challenges, while teachers of Media-subjects tell how the students use digital tools when solving tasks. The study shows that technology supports traditional didactical practices in the Media-subjects, while it puts educational practices typical for lessons in Norwegian under pressure. To make sure that developing technology-rich schools is a good investment, it is crucial to learn from didactic practices that seem to work well in technology-rich classrooms. Keywords: Teachers, technology, didactics, traditions, subject, cultural historical activity theory
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