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How teacher students used digital response systems during student teaching
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Learning, Digital Learning.ORCID iD: 0009-0002-6278-1650
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Learning, Digital Learning.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9984-6561
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Learning, Learning in Stem.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7778-2552
2025 (English)In: Education and Information Technologies: Official Journal of the IFIP technical committee on Education, ISSN 1360-2357, E-ISSN 1573-7608, Vol. 30, no 7, p. 8953-8978Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

During teacher education programs, teacher students are expected to develop the digital competence necessary for their future roles as teachers. A vital aspect of this competence involves integrating digital tools into educational activities. Some digital tools, such as response systems, are designed and used to encourage student participation during educational activities. This study explores how teacher students use different functions in various response systems during their student teaching, practically applying what they learned in an ICT course during the teacher education program. Semi-structured interviews were thematically analyzed, with activity theory as a framework to discuss the themes. The findings reveal that while most teacher students used response systems during their student teaching, the extent and manner of use varied significantly. Frequent users reported positive experiences, integrating response systems as part of their teaching strategy, while occasional and non-users faced barriers related to theoretical grounding, relevance to the subject of English, community support, and the division of labor. These results highlight the importance of aligning digital tools with educational objectives and providing teacher students with theoretical and practical support during their training. The study contributes to the ongoing discourse on integrating digital tools in teacher education and provides insights into digital competence development within teacher education programs. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature , 2025. Vol. 30, no 7, p. 8953-8978
Keywords [en]
Teacher education, Student teaching, Digital competence, Digital tools, Response systems
Keywords [sv]
Lärarutbildning, VFU, digital kompetens, digitala verktyg, responssystem
National Category
Educational Sciences
Research subject
Technology and Learning
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-356992DOI: 10.1007/s10639-024-13165-1ISI: 001362629600001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85210163415OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-356992DiVA, id: diva2:1916780
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Swedish Research Council, 2019-03607
Note

QC 20260306

Available from: 2024-11-28 Created: 2024-11-28 Last updated: 2026-03-06Bibliographically approved
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1. From Purpose to Practice: Digital Response Systems in Teacher Education: Experiences of teacher educators and teacher students
Open this publication in new window or tab >>From Purpose to Practice: Digital Response Systems in Teacher Education: Experiences of teacher educators and teacher students
2025 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The ability to purposefully integrate digital tools into teaching and learning is a key aspect of teachers’ professional digital competence, emphasized in international frameworks and national policy. Yet, integrating these tools into practice remains challenging in teacher education. One category of digital tools are response systems (RSs), widely used to facilitate participation and feedback, but seldom studied in teacher education. 

This thesis explores, through cases of RS use with and without AI-generated feedback, how digital tools mediate pedagogical practice and support teacher students’ digital competence in relation to teaching and learning. It addresses the tensions that arise when national policy ambitions, local pedagogical intentions, and institutional conditions are misaligned. Grounded in a qualitative, interpretive design, the thesis draws on interviews, observations, and reflections from four research articles, analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) was adopted to conceptualize RSs as mediating artifacts shaped by tools, rules, roles, and institutional conditions. 

The thesis makes three contributions. First, it shows how RSs can function as catalysts for developing digital competence related to teaching and learning, by encouraging participation, supporting formative assessment, and promoting reflection. Second, it highlights how contextual factors influence whether and how such tools are used. Third, it provides practical implications for teacher educators aiming to support teacher students in developing purposeful and theoretically grounded uses of digital tools in their future profession. In doing so, the thesis also highlights tensions emerging when teacher students attempt to use RSs during student teaching. These tensions illustrate how digital competence is shaped by systemic contradictions. 

The thesis highlights that expanding teacher students’ professional digital competence in relation to teaching and learning requires aligning pedagogical purpose with teaching practice, institutional support, and critical reflective engagement. 

Abstract [sv]

Förmågan att medvetet och ändamålsenligt integrera digitala verktyg i undervisning och lärande är en central del av lärares professionella digitala kompetens, betonad i internationella ramverk och nationella styrdokument. Ändå är det en utmaning att omsätta dessa verktyg i praktiken inom lärarutbildningen. En kategori av digitala verktyg är digitala responssystem (RS), som ofta används för att uppmuntra deltagande och återkoppling, men som sällan studerats i lärarutbildning. 

Denna avhandling utforskar, genom RS-användning med och utan AI- genererad återkoppling, hur dessa verktyg kan mediera pedagogisk praktik och stödja hur lärarstudenter utvecklar digital kompetens i relation till undervisning och lärande. Avhandlingen belyser spänningar som uppstår när policyambitioner, pedagogiska intentioner och institutionella villkor inte är i samklang. Med en kvalitativ, tolkande ansats bygger avhandlingen på intervjuer, observationer och reflektioner från fyra forskningsartiklar, analyserade med reflexiv tematisk analys, belysta med Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). 

Avhandlingen gör tre huvudsakliga bidrag. För det första visar den hur RS kan fungera som katalysatorer för att utveckla digital kompetens kopplad till undervisning och lärande, genom att uppmuntra deltagande, stödja formativ bedömning och främja reflektion. För det andra lyfter den fram hur kontextuella faktorer påverkar om och hur sådana verktyg används. För det tredje bidrar den med praktiska implikationer för lärarutbildare som vill stödja lärarstudenter i att utveckla medvetna och teoretiskt förankrade sätt att använda digitala verktyg i sitt framtida yrke. Därigenom synliggörs också spänningar som uppstår när lärarstudenter försöker använda RS under verksamhetsförlagd utbildning. Dessa spänningar illustrerar hur digital kompetens formas av systemiska motsättningar. 

Avhandlingen belyser att utvecklingen av lärarstudenters professionella digitala kompetens i relation till undervisning och lärande kräver att pedagogiska syften harmoniseras med undervisningspraktik, institutionellt stöd och kritisk reflektion. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2025. p. 144
Series
TRITA-ITM-AVL ; 2025:35
Keywords
response systems, student participation, teacher education, digital competence, AI-generated feedback, digitala responssystem, studentdeltagande, lärarutbildning, digital kompetens, AI-genererad återkoppling
National Category
Pedagogy
Research subject
Technology and Learning
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-369211 (URN)978-91-8106-367-7 (ISBN)
Public defence
2025-09-26, Sal F3 / https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66244539819, Lindstedtsvägen 26-28, Stockholm, 14:00 (English)
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Available from: 2025-09-04 Created: 2025-08-29 Last updated: 2025-09-18Bibliographically approved

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