“Whatever Happened to the Social Dimension?” Aspects of Learning in a Distance-based Teacher Training Programme |
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Authors: | Anders D Olofsson J Ola Lindberg |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Education, Ume? University, 901 87, Ume?, Sweden 2. Department of Education, Mid Sweden University, 871 88, H?rn?sand, Sweden
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Abstract: | In this article we discuss distance-based teacher trainees' understandings of learning and education in a computerised learning
environment. Educational research today often stresses the importance of a social dimension in learning and education and
computerised learning environments are said to create and fulfil the social dimension in on-campus education as well as in
distance education. This social dimension of learning and education is investigated, in a Swedish distance-based teacher training
programme supported by ICT, through semi-structured interviews with 19 teacher trainees. The study shows that there is a complex
relationship between the use of the computerised learning environment and the physical meetings in the programme. One conclusion
is that, even though theories emphasise the social dimension of learning through participation, teacher trainees view participation
with others as important primarily in relation to social aspects of well-being and not in relation to learning. The use of
ICT for creating a community of learners through participation seems to individualise the students' learning rather than bringing
them together in their learning. |
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Keywords: | Teacher training ICT Learning Individualised education |
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