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Teknik, Samhälle och kritiskt tänkande: En studie kring hur tekniklärare i åk 7–9 undervisar om internet
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Learning.
2025 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Technology, Society and Critical Thinking : A study on how technology teachers in grades 7-9 teach about the internet (English)
Abstract [sv]

Arbetet som presenteras i denna rapport omfattar en kvalitativ studie om hur tekniklärare i årskurs 7–9 undervisar om internet som ett globalt tekniskt system. Studien utgår från ett sociokulturellt perspektiv på lärande och syftar till att undersöka dels hur lärarna konkretiserar och synliggör det abstrakta innehållet, dels hur de arbetar med att stimulera elevernas kritiska tänkande kring teknikens möjligheter, risker och samhällspåverkan. Datainsamlingen har skett genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med verksamma tekniklärare, och analysen har genomförts med hjälp av tematisk analys. Resultaten visar att lärarna använder olika pedagogiska strategier, såsom modeller, bilder, scenarier och begreppsförklaringar, för att göra internets struktur begriplig för eleverna. Samtidigt framkommer en variation i undervisningens djup, som kan kopplas till lärarnas ämneskompetens och undervisningserfarenhet. Vidare visar studien att lärarna ofta knyter undervisningen till elevernas vardagserfarenheter och integrerar samtal om teknikens samhällsroll och etiska dimensioner. Slutsatsen är att undervisningen präglas av en vilja att balansera tekniskt innehåll med samhällsperspektiv.

Abstract [en]

This report presents a qualitative study examining how technology teachers in lower secondary school (grades 7–9) teach about the internet as a global technological system. Grounded in a sociocultural perspective on learning, the study aims to explore how teachers make abstract content more concrete, and how they support students in developing critical thinking regarding the opportunities, risks, and societal impacts of technology. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with practicing technology teachers and analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings show that teachers use various pedagogical strategies such as models, visual aids, scenarios, and conceptual explanations to help students understand how the internet functions. There is, however, variation in the depth of instruction, which appears to relate to the teachers’ subject knowledge and experience. Moreover, the study highlights that teachers often link the content to students’ everyday experiences and integrate discussions about the societal and ethical dimensions of technology. The conclusion is that teaching reflects an ambition to balance technical content with broader societal perspectives, although contextual factors such as resources and teacher competence influence both the content and structure of the instruction.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2025. , p. 40
Series
TRITA-ITM-EX ; 2025:580
Keywords [en]
Internet, critical thinking, technology education
Keywords [sv]
internet, kritiskt tänkande, teknikundervisning
National Category
Engineering and Technology Educational Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-371785OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-371785DiVA, id: diva2:2007577
Subject / course
Technology and Learning
Educational program
Bridging Teacher Education Programme
Presentation
2025-06-09, 00:00
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Available from: 2025-10-20 Created: 2025-10-20 Last updated: 2025-10-20Bibliographically approved

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