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Findings
What do the student teachers expect to encounter?
Ingrid the Helleve open-ended questionnaire the 12 students were asked to write down their
presuppositions concerning how the computers were supposed to be used in their classrooms
Table during 1 the practicum.
Student Presuppositions: I think/hope that:
A
ICT is used as a support for learning.
B. Pupils’ faces are turned against the blackboard. There are lots of electrical cables and
pupils who are chatting or playing. Teachers show video and PowerPoint.
C. Pupils can lose interest in the subject if they are connected to the Internet all the time. I
hope teachers have respect and are able to tell them when they should look at the
screen or not. Teachers use PowerPoint and statistics.
D Computers are used for music and webpages that are not meant for education. It might
E
be useful for seeking information meant for education if pupils know how to do it.
Pupils are not concentrated when everybody has their own computer. I think ICT is
used for presentations. I do not want to use it that much.
F. Facebook and MSN are used a lot. It is used for PowerPoint and homework and
messages are given through Itslearning. I do not think ICT is used pedagogically.
G. Pupils are hidden behind their own screens. I think they use it for purposes other than
schoolwork. I think you need strict rules.
H. Plans and homework are given through Itslearning. PowerPoint and Smartboards are
used a lot. Pupils mainly use the computer for note-taking. Some books are digital and
the Internet may be used in support of the collection of information.
I. Pupils work together or alone with assignments. There is some noise and the Internet
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used when it is not supposed to be used.
J. Teachers use pictures, videos etc. as support for lectures and pupils use Facebook and
YouTube during the lessons.
K. Pupils use computers instead of pen and pencil, and teachers use PowerPoint.
L. Honestly, I do not understand why pupils should use computers in mathematics.
Table 1
What the student teachers seem to expect to encounter are classrooms where the teachers give
What the student teachers seem to expect to encounter are classrooms where the
lectures and computers are used to support and illustrate their messages. As many as seven
teachers give lectures and computers are used to support and illustrate their messages.
As many as seven students expect PowerPoint and presentations to be used.
students expect PowerPoint and presentations to be used. They suppose computers will be
used for seeking information, for note-taking and messages. According to the students’
They suppose computers will be used for seeking information, for note-taking and
messages.
expectations,
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hidden suggest behind that pupils their use the own Internet screens. for purposes Some students they are not suggest allowed that to by pupils their teachers use the like Internet
for e.g. purposes Facebook. they are not allowed to by their teachers like e.g. Facebook.
In In the the group group interview interview the three the student three student teachers A, teachers B and C A, were B and asked C about were their asked about their
presuppositions concerning concerning use of use the of computers the computers in the classrooms in the classrooms they were going they to were going
to practice in. They also mention the possibility of using PowerPoint and YouTube
practice in. They also mention the possibility of using PowerPoint and YouTube to illustrate
to illustrate and underline teachers’ lectures. The learning management platform
and underline teachers’ lectures. The learning management platform is expected to be an
is expected to be an important way of giving and storing messages from teachers to
important way of giving and storing messages from teachers to pupils. The students are
pupils. The students are concerned with the conflict between pupils taking notes from
concerned with the conflict between pupils taking notes from their teachers’ lectures and the
their teachers’ lectures and the possibility of using social media without permission.
They possibility claim of that using since social the media Internet without permission. and Facebook They claim is on that the since desk the the Internet pupils and have to
learn Facebook to take is on responsibility. the desk the pupils They have should to learn understand to take responsibility. that it is They their should own choice if they
are understand going to that listen it their to the own teacher choice if or they not. are going to listen to the teacher or not.
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If pupils use Facebook during a lesson they should know that this is a choice they have to take
responsibility for themselves. They should be aware that when they enter universities nobody cares if
they are on Facebook or not. As a teacher you should prepare them for their responsibility [Student A].
Student teachers expect to encounter classrooms with the traditional discourse pattern. Their