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The Impact of Digital and Analog Approaches on a Multidimensional Preschool Science Education
Örebro University, School of Science and Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6446-7676
Örebro University, School of Science and Technology. Department of Educational Work, University of Borås, Borås, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7747-0647
Department of Media and Information Technology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
2024 (English)In: Research in science education, ISSN 0157-244X, E-ISSN 1573-1898, Vol. 54, no 2, p. 185-203Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Swedish preschool science practice is confined to a unique educational setting where upbringing, care, and education are intertwined. This allows teachers to develop innovative cross-curricular and multidimensional science teaching. At the same time, society demands the digitalization of preschool practice, which has caused concern not only about negative effects on children's well-being but also the risk of foregrounding digital over analog tools in multidimensional and child-centered preschool practice. The aim of this study is to analyze how preschool teachers at the forefront of digitalization integrate digital and analog tools when teaching science and how this integration affects their practice. The data comprises documentation of digitalized science activities provided by ten preschool teachers and transcribed recall interviews with four of the teachers. Thematic content analysis and a framework for analyzing seven teaching dimensions of preschool science revealed the use of digital and analog tools as drivers for multidimensional science education. The findings show that the teachers primarily use digital tools to reinforce social learning, inclusion, and agency during science activities. Digital and analog tools were used to complement one another in pursuing the boundaries of multidimensional science. However, the content of this innovative and digitalized science teaching remained primarily within biology, the traditional scholarly discipline in preschool science. We conclude that the digitalization of preschool science seems to be used to strengthen and diversify teaching within the boundaries of overarching traditional preschool practice where nature encounters and children's interests and well-being are at the forefront.

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Springer, 2024. Vol. 54, no 2, p. 185-203
Keywords [en]
Preschool science education, Multidimensional science, Digital and analog approaches, Digital technologies
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Educational Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-109395DOI: 10.1007/s11165-023-10133-6ISI: 001079906000001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85173102775OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-109395DiVA, id: diva2:1807236
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Swedish Research Council, 2019-03852Örebro UniversityAvailable from: 2023-10-25 Created: 2023-10-25 Last updated: 2024-07-24Bibliographically approved

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