Skolledare och digitala teknologier
En kvalitativ studie i skolledares användning av och tankar kring digitala teknologier, i arbete och för skolan
Today, digital technologies (DT) can be said to play an important role in the Swedish school system. The goal of this essay was to describe DT use by school leaders, in relation to their views on schools? goals and visions, and teachers? and students? use of DTs. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five school leaders of secondary schools in Umeå municipality, Sweden. The results show that school leaders? use of DTs center on three key tasks: communication, information and administration. Further, it is shown that school leaders? views vary in regards to DTs? role in school goals, and visions, for digital use. In the discussion/analysis it is argued that school leaders? views on DTs in schools can be explained as functionalistic, and that this view may inhibit new uses for DTs in schools, and also give a dysfunctional view on the technologies that school leaders do not use. In conclusion it is argued that school leaders might need to reflect more about the DT use of schools