A master thesis from Aalborg University
Digital myndiggørelse i folkeskolen
[Digital empowerment in Danish schools]
Forfatter(e)
Semester
4. semester
Udgivelsesår
2022
Afleveret
2022-01-03
Antal sider
40 pages
Abstract
This thesis is a hermeneutic approach to understanding the concept of digital empowerment. The motivation for the project is in response to the potentially eminent implementation of “technological capabilities” as a new subject in Danish schools. The study is heavily inspired by the government sponsored experiment “Tekforsøget”, in which they seek to analyze and test multiple strategies within technologic capabilities, in order to discover which competencies is required within the subject. This thesis sets its epistemological framework within the field of discourse theory as described by Laclau and Mouffe (Laclau & Mouffe, 1985), in which it will discuss articulations within the field of technologic capabilities. It furthermore draws on a theoretical foundation of studies within “Tekforsøget” and relevant actors within digital learning set in a Danish context, which is backed up by relevant theory on organizational and implementation strategies. In collaboration with University College Nordjylland (UCN), this study seeks to analyze and discuss different comprehensions of the term “digital empowerment” in a span between theory and practice. By applying analytical strategies found within discourse theory, it will contribute to a general understanding of the competencies required within digital empowerment. The goal of this contribution is to pan out points which should be focused upon, if the implementation of technological capabilities as a subject, should become a reality. From an analysis of the theoretical and practical field around Tekfosøget, this thesis ultimately discovers that the current understanding of competencies of digital empowerment, is heavily focused on risk assessments around datamining algorithms. This in turn will potentially serve as a paradox, as it might compromise the goal of empowerment, which based upon an understanding inspired by Immanuel Kant, and is described as the ability act upon your own knowledge and capabilities (Fibiger, Hjorth, Lorentzen, & Pasgaard, 2019). Therefore, this thesis advocates for a more balanced approach to digital empowerment.
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