Browsing by Subject "digitaalinen viestintä"

The use of digital communication has increased significantly in the educational field in the recent years. The changes in the use of digital communication in schools have also had an influence on home-school collaboration. The potential uses of digital communication nowadays are limitless, but it seems that Finnish schools mainly use digital technology for simple, everyday teacher-parent communication. There is only little research that has focused on the use of digital communication in home-school collaboration in Finland and the studies have mainly emphasized the views of teachers and parents. This study focuses on pupils’ views, in addition to the views of their parents. The aim of this study is to find out the ways in which digital communication is used in a home-school collaboration and how the use of digital technology affects home-school collaboration. This research was conducted by interviewing third-grade pupils and their parents of a school located in The Finnish Capital Region. The collected data was analyzed using directed content analysis, utilizing both Korhonen’s (2017) model of digital partnership and earlier research data. According to the results, digital communication is used diversely in home-school collaboration, enabling the pupils and parents to be involved. The use of digital communication also enabled parents to be involved with the schoolwork, helped facilitate the communication between home and school and supported the learning and growth of students. The pupils and parents of the study found the use of digital communication to helpful in sharing and receiving information, increasing the dialogue between students and parents, and having an influence on the pupil’s learning. Using digital communication also caused challenges in home-school collaboration. The use of digital communication practices should be in the interest of all the collaborators and be used in conjunction with face-to-face communication.