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The Effects of Influencing Factors on Upper Secondary School Teachers' Use of Digital Learning Resources for Teaching
Mälardalen University, School of Education, Culture and Communication, Educational Sciences and Mathematics. Mälardalen Univ, Sch Educ Culture & Commun, Didact, Box 883, S-72123 Västerås, Sweden..
2024 (English)In: COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION OPEN, ISSN 2666-5573, Vol. 7, article id 100210Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Due to the disruptive societal challenges in the 2020s and increased use of digital tools in education, there is a growing need for more studies that investigate and reveal the factors that influence teachers' use of digital learning resources (DLR). Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore the effects of influencing factors on upper secondary school teachers' use of digital learning resources for teaching. 243 teachers from 23 upper secondary schools in Sweden participated in a survey that included a six-point Likert scale. The data was analysed using exploratory factor- and correlation analyses. The study contributes with five unique different influencing factors: 1) facilitating school environment, 2) social support, 3) previous work, education, and hobby, 4) studentoriented factors, and 5) stress. The previous work, education and hobby, and the stress categories differ significantly from previous studies. The findings also revealed five different dimensions of teachers' use of DLR: creative purposes, providing teaching materials, providing student feedback, tests and games, and the use of film, audio, and virtual simulation. The findings indicate that teachers who use DLR with a focus on their students' learning are more creative in their use of DLR. The implications are that some teachers need more time and inservice training to develop basic skills with DLR to reduce their stress for using DLR. Based on the findings of this research, it can be suggested that in-service training programs need to focus more on students' needs to promote a more creative use of DLR for teaching.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2024. Vol. 7, article id 100210
Keywords [en]
Influencing factors, upper secondary school teachers, digital learning resources, didactics, explorative factor analysis
National Category
Pedagogy
Research subject
Didactics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-68517DOI: 10.1016/j.caeo.2024.100210ISI: 001312073500001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85209464244OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-68517DiVA, id: diva2:1901433
Available from: 2024-09-27 Created: 2024-09-27 Last updated: 2025-10-10Bibliographically approved
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1. Lärares didaktiska val av digitala lärresurser: Inre och yttre påverkansfaktorer
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Lärares didaktiska val av digitala lärresurser: Inre och yttre påverkansfaktorer
2025 (Swedish)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The overall aim of the dissertation is to deepen the understanding of how teachers, both individually and in groups, make didactic choices regarding the use of digital learning resources (DLR) in teaching, as well as the internal and external factors that influence these choices. The dissertation is grounded in didactic theory and is based on a combined methodological analysis, where a life history analysis is complemented by two survey studies with statistical analyses. Teachers' didactic choices of DLR are influenced by the social and historical context, where both individual and collective aspects play a role and include relationships, differences, and influencing factors. The life history analysis contributes a personal perspective and describes how upper secondary school teachers' didactic motives, considerations, and choices are shaped and developed over time. The first survey study characterizes new, unique DLR-teacher profiles for upper secondary school teachers, focusing on the didactic use of DLR. The study shows that a teaching degree is important for didactic practice with DLR. The second survey study examines the factors that influence teachers' use of DLR. The results indicate that a favorable school environment, social support, previous work experience, education, and personal interests are all important factors, but that student-oriented factors have the greatest impact. Many teachers use DLR in different ways as didactic support in teaching, but a smaller group experiences difficulties in managing DLR, which can cause stress. In summary, the dissertation provides new insights and a deeper understanding of the teacher's role as a reflective practitioner who makes meaningful didactic choices regarding DLR and the factors that influence these choices. This deeper understanding highlights that teachers' purposes, digital didactic capacity, subject interest, and willingness to help students are crucial for their didactic choices. The findings are highly relevant for teachers, teacher educators, principals, school leaders, and policymakers, as they can help improve the conditions for teachers' instructional practices and students' learning in a digitalized school environment.

Abstract [sv]

Det övergripande syftet med avhandlingen är att fördjupa förståelsen för varför och hur lärare, både individuellt och i grupp, gör didaktiska val av digitala lärresurser (DLR) i undervisningen samt vilka inre och yttre faktorer som påverkar dessa val. Avhandlingen är grundad i didaktisk teori och bygger på en kombinerad metodanalys, där en livshistorieanalys kompletteras med två enkätstudier med statistiska analyser. Lärares didaktiska val av DLR påverkas av den sociala och historiska kontexten, där både individuella och kollektiva aspekter spelar en roll och inkluderar samband, skillnader och påverkansfaktorer. Livshistorieanalysen bidrar med ett personligt perspektiv och beskriver hur gymnasielärares didaktiska motiv, överväganden och val formas och utvecklas över tid. Den första enkätstudien karaktäriserar nya, unika DLR-lärarprofiler för gymnasielärare med fokus på den didaktiska användningen av DLR. Studien visar att en lärarexamen är viktig för den didaktiska praktiken med DLR. Den andra enkätstudien undersöker vilka faktorer som påverkar lärarnas användning av DLR. Resultaten visar att en gynnsam skolmiljö, socialt stöd, tidigare arbetslivserfarenhet, utbildning och personliga intressen alla är viktiga faktorer, men att elevorienterade faktorer har störst påverkan. Många lärare använder DLR på olika sätt som didaktiskt stöd i undervisningen, men en mindre grupp upplever svårigheter med att hantera DLR, vilket kan orsaka stress. Sammanfattningsvis ger avhandlingen nya insikter och en fördjupad förståelse för lärarens roll som reflekterande praktiker som gör meningsfulla didaktiska val av DLR och de faktorer som påverkar dessa val. Denna fördjupade förståelse visar att lärarnas syften, digitala didaktiska kapacitet, ämnesintresse och vilja att hjälpa eleverna är avgörande för de didaktiska valen. Resultaten är av stor betydelse för lärare, lärarutbildare, rektorer, skolledare och beslutsfattare, då de kan bidra till att förbättra förutsättningarna för lärares undervisning och elevers lärande i en digitaliserad skola.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Västerås: Mälardalens universitet, 2025. p. 95
Series
Mälardalen University Press Dissertations, ISSN 1651-4238 ; 428
Keywords
digital learning resources, didactics, upper secondary school teachers, teachers' life history, the expanded didactic triangle, digitalization, teacher profiles, influencing factors, explorative factor analysis, cluster analysis, digitala lärresurser, didaktik, gymnasielärare, lärares livshistoria, den utökade didaktiska triangeln, digitalisering, lärarprofiler, påverkansfaktorer, explorativ faktoranalys, klusteranalys
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Didactics
Research subject
Didactics
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urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-70134 (URN)978-91-7485-701-6 (ISBN)
Public defence
2025-04-11, Omega, Mälardalens universitet, Västerås, 13:15 (Swedish)
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Available from: 2025-02-12 Created: 2025-02-12 Last updated: 2025-10-10Bibliographically approved

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