Abstract
Background for the study, aims, method and (expected) results
In Danish primary and lower secondary classrooms, digital textbooks are accessible through several channels and have become widely used, especially in grade 4 through 9. However, students’ reading practices need to be investigated further. In a pilot study (2022-2023), initiated by The National Centre for Reading and Læremiddel.dk, researchers from Danish University Colleges and University of Southern Denmark explore how teaching practices related to reading as well as students’ reading practices take place in grade 6 classrooms.
The study pursues two tracks: We conduct a review study, and an exploratory field study. The review study includes research from 2017 and onwards that reports findings related to three questions: What do we know about students' reading of digital textbooks? What do we know about teachers’ introduction of digital textbooks in classrooms? What do we know about the relationship between students’ reading and digital textbook’s design? The exploratory field study takes an ethnographically inspired approach and uses observations, informal interviews, video recordings, and screen recordings, to investigate how grade 6 students meet, and interact with, digital textbooks (“fagportaler” in Danish) in L1 Danish, History, Christian Studies, and Natural science/technology.
It is well known that reading practices and reading outcome relate to the medium that presents the text to its readers (Delgado et al., 2018, Støle et al, 2020). Research into digital textbooks shows that these textbooks differ from traditional analogue textbooks in various ways, and that sometimes, teachers let textbooks set the agenda in the classroom. However, less is known about the complex interaction between teaching and learning practices related to reading in digital textbooks.
Expected outcomes
The study aims to provide a basis for further investigations into teaching and learning practices related to reading in digital textbooks. Of special interest is what we may learn from a data collection strategy that involves video recordings of classroom, screen recordings, observations and interviews.
In Danish primary and lower secondary classrooms, digital textbooks are accessible through several channels and have become widely used, especially in grade 4 through 9. However, students’ reading practices need to be investigated further. In a pilot study (2022-2023), initiated by The National Centre for Reading and Læremiddel.dk, researchers from Danish University Colleges and University of Southern Denmark explore how teaching practices related to reading as well as students’ reading practices take place in grade 6 classrooms.
The study pursues two tracks: We conduct a review study, and an exploratory field study. The review study includes research from 2017 and onwards that reports findings related to three questions: What do we know about students' reading of digital textbooks? What do we know about teachers’ introduction of digital textbooks in classrooms? What do we know about the relationship between students’ reading and digital textbook’s design? The exploratory field study takes an ethnographically inspired approach and uses observations, informal interviews, video recordings, and screen recordings, to investigate how grade 6 students meet, and interact with, digital textbooks (“fagportaler” in Danish) in L1 Danish, History, Christian Studies, and Natural science/technology.
It is well known that reading practices and reading outcome relate to the medium that presents the text to its readers (Delgado et al., 2018, Støle et al, 2020). Research into digital textbooks shows that these textbooks differ from traditional analogue textbooks in various ways, and that sometimes, teachers let textbooks set the agenda in the classroom. However, less is known about the complex interaction between teaching and learning practices related to reading in digital textbooks.
Expected outcomes
The study aims to provide a basis for further investigations into teaching and learning practices related to reading in digital textbooks. Of special interest is what we may learn from a data collection strategy that involves video recordings of classroom, screen recordings, observations and interviews.
| Bidragets oversatte titel | Læsepraksisser og digitale fagportaler på 6. klassetrin- et eksplorativt og reviewinformeret pilotstudie |
|---|---|
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
| Publikationsdato | 11 feb. 2023 |
| Antal sider | 2 |
| Status | Udgivet - 11 feb. 2023 |
| Begivenhed | NoFa 9 Nordisk fagdidaktik konference Vaasa: Education, knowledge and Bildung in a global world - Varighed: 9 maj 2023 → 11 maj 2023 |
Konference
| Konference | NoFa 9 Nordisk fagdidaktik konference Vaasa |
|---|---|
| Periode | 09/05/23 → 11/05/23 |