Läsa utan böcker : En studie om lärarens arbete med och förhållningssätt till digitala verktyg som hjälpmedel för elever med lässvårigheter

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this survey is, among other things, to examine how teachers work with and how they relate to the use of digital tools as an aid for students with reading difficulties, what teachers think of their own digital skills and the advantages and disadvantages of using digital tools as a teaching aid. The National Agency for Education (2018) states that digital tools are today a large part of our society and thus have a great impact on our lives as well as the school. The revised curriculum of 2018 requires teachers to integrate digital tools into their teaching to a greater extent than before. This puts pressure on both teachers and pupil’s digital skills. The data collection method for this study consists of five qualitative interviews with professional teachers who are competent in the Swedish subject in grades 4-6. My results were analyzed with the help of the socio-cultural perspective and the pragmatism’s approach to learning. The results of the survey show that the teachers believe that digital tools can have a positive impact on learning, provided that they are used with the right approach and that the technology works properly. The survey also shows that the teachers who experience a lot of struggle with the technology are the teacher who seem to have a more negative approach to digital tools in teaching and also that the range and quality vary among the schools. In addition to the above, the results also indicates that all teachers want more education and support in the work with digital tools and also that the education provided in digital competence was not sufficient to provide the teachers with the knowledge they need to be able to use these tools in teaching situations.