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Preschool Heads’ Notions of Digitalized Staff–Parent Communication: The Need to Move from Monocultural to Intercultural Communication in Multicultural Sweden
Malmö University, Malmö, 20506, Sweden.
Mälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Health and Welfare.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7832-2155
2022 (English)In: Journal of Intercultural Communication, E-ISSN 1404-1634, Vol. 22, no 1, p. 1-16Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Drawing on a preschool digitalization project, this article presents the findings from a survey of 75 Swedish preschool principals. One main question guided the survey: how do Swedish preschool principals describe the use and usefulness of digital tools for interaction with parents? These findings are discussed in regard to intercultural differences, intercultural communication competence, and discursive blind spots, where two additional questions are addressed: (1) what preunderstandings and discursive blind spots are found in preschool principals’ accounts of the use of digital tools for preschool staff–parent communication, and (2) what implications does the use of digital technology have for (intercultural) communication? Findings from the survey show that preschool principals take little consideration of their own or the parents’ cultural background when understanding and promoting the use of digital tools. The conclusion is that overrelience on digital communication may increase the risk of miscommunication – for all Swedes but particularly with regard to communication between native and “new” Swedes

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2022. Vol. 22, no 1, p. 1-16
Keywords [en]
digitalization, discursive blind spots, intercultural communication, preschool, preschool staff–parent communication, principal
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-61345DOI: 10.36923/jicc.v22i1.24Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85134505522OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-61345DiVA, id: diva2:1720776
Available from: 2022-12-20 Created: 2022-12-20 Last updated: 2024-01-30Bibliographically approved

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