Digitala verktyg i svensk kommunal grundskola- skillnad mellan stad och landsbygd? : DEN GEOGRAFISKA PLATSENS BETYDELSE FÖR ARBETET MED DIGITALA VERKTYG I UNDERVISNINGEN

Sammanfattning: The studys purpose has been to investigate similarities and differences in access to digital tools in Swedish municipal primary school dependent if the scools geographic place is in a bigger town or on the countryside. One of the studys research questions has been to investigate if it´s possible to discover any differences current the teachers attitudes and the pupils use of them in education dependent the schools geograpich place. Our geographical location where we grow up influences and prepare us for a future life in different ways. Different economic, social, political and cultural conditions of places are factors that contribute to children and young being given different conditions in their growing up enviroment accordning to earlier research. The school as an institution has an important role in preparing the future generation with the ICT- skills they will need to live in a digital world. The essay has an interdisciplinary approach where the interdisciplinary discipline child and youth studies form the basis, which is supplemented by the addition of cultural geographical perspectives. My presentation of research overwiew includes previous research from both scienticif disciplines. The methods used for collecting and analysing data is a mixed- method where quantitative data in the form of existing statistics and conducted qualitative semi- structured interviews has been used. The result of the study shows that there is a difference between the town and the countryside in access to broadband which affect the use of digital tools in education in the schools I´ve investigated. They also indicate that it´s a difference in what kind of digital tools the schools placed in different geographic areas have access to. It´s also possible to discover some differences in the pupils use of the digital tools in education, depending on the schools geographic place. Accordning to my results there is a development area int he work with ICT in primary municipal school´s education, that includes the knowledge of the pupil´s socioeconomic backgrounds and geographical conditions to be able to strive for equal conditions for students to become digitally competent citizens in the future.