Essays about: "computer in education in secondary schools"

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  1. 1. The Class of Us: A Study Across Several Schools in Sweden Comparing the EFL Comprehension of Playing the Video Game The Last of Us Versus Viewing the Television Adaptation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Robert Bång; Simon Torffvit; Anton Grandi; [2023]
    Keywords : Comparative; Comparative Study; Quantitative; English; EFL; English as a Foreign Language; SLA; Second Language Acquisition; Comprehension; Test; Video Games; Video Game; CALL; Computer assisted language learning; The Last of Us; TLoU; The Last of Us: Remastered; Naughty Dog; PlayStation; HBO; Home Box Office; Game; Games; Computer Games; Skolverket; Upper Secondary School; Gymnasiet; Gymnasieskolan; Sweden; Control Group; Immersion; Multimodality; Interactivity; Interactive; Television; Television series; Media; Audiovisual media; Audiovisual; Large-scale; Gender; Program; Video Game Literacy; Game Literacy; Narrative; Educational; Serious Games; Mature; Problem of Content; Attitudinal; Survey; Likert-scale; Likert; Interventionist; Narratology; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Contemporary English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms in upper secondary schools in Sweden make frequent use of receptive media such as movies and television to facilitate language learning. The more interactive medium of video games is seldom used for the same purpose, despite previous research indicating that the added layer of interactivity can bring benefits such as improvements to vocabulary, written production and reading comprehension. READ MORE

  3. 2. The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) in secondary school (4-9)

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Sara El- Halwani; Fatima Hallal; [2023]
    Keywords : Education; One laptop per child OLPC ; 1:1; Technology; secondary school; advantages; disadvantages.;

    Abstract : In Sweden, it has become exceedingly uncommon to come across a classroom without computers, as computer-assisted learning has become prevalent. This study aims to examine the positive and negative aspects of implementing a one laptop per child (OLPC) policy in Swedish secondary schools in the learning process. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Dawn of Digital Classroom : Experiencing the English school subject through distance education during the covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Niklas Persson; [2020]
    Keywords : English; upper-secondary school; distance education; CMC; teachers; students;

    Abstract : As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, peoples’ everyday lives have been affected, including the teachers and students in Swedish upper-secondary schools while teaching and learning English. Due to this, both parties have had to experience the English classroom in the shape of distance education through computer-mediated communication (CMC). READ MORE

  5. 4. A study of students' perspective on the teaching-learning activity in a digital society

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Sabina Bokhari Irminger; [2019]
    Keywords : learning; digital; students; hand writing; typing; computer; school; note taking; opinions;

    Abstract : This case study looks at upper-secondary school students’ opinions about the use of digital and non-digital tools in the classroom. One of schools’ most important aims is to prepare students for a well-adapted citizenship. READ MORE

  6. 5. Embodied Understanding in Computer Programming : A semiotic analysis of metaphors used in programming

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Andreas Larsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Embodied Cognition; Computer Programming; Computer Science; Conceptual understanding; Conceptual metaphors; Social Semiotics; Qualitative analysis;

    Abstract : Language can be seen as a bridge between the way we think and our actions. From a social semiotic, language becomes a resource with which collective knowledge can be distributed. The way we talk about an artefact is a reflection of our conceptual understanding thereof. READ MORE