The point of departure for this article is 'the visual turn', the proclaimed need for specific competencies, and furthermore the lack of clarity in the concepts and the lack of research that accompany the use of images. Terms like 'visual literacy' and "visual competence' are compared with a concept of visual 'Bildung'. 'Bildung' is presented as a concept that clearly goes beyond qualifications and a dominant market-oriented comprehension of competence. In its origin, 'Bildung' has obvious references to 'image', and it may also offer interesting new perspectives in the battle between words and images that has taken place throughout history and is a background to today's situation. 'Bildung' opens up an interesting path between iconoclasm and idolatry. The article proclaims an urgent need for a visual and reflective 'Bildung', because images are closely related to the world in which we live today.
This article focuses on the emerging complexity that schools and teachers are currently addressing-a complexity that comprises one of the key characteristics of society today. The article explores how teachers in primary school experience the opportunities and challenges posed by the use of tablets in terms of implementation, learning activities and classroom management. In group interviews teachers at two Norwegian primary schools thematise these issues. We argue that there is a need to elucidate the subjective interpretations of technology if we are to understand how teachers integrate tablets in teaching. The article highlights how and why we have to develop a wider understanding of the new complexity, which can make situations in the classroom unpredictable and problematic. Although the teachers seldom consider complexity as a subject worthy of attention, it is possible to see it more indirectly in how new methods and activities are presented, but also as part of how they underline the indisputable need for well-defined classroom management. The article concludes by calling for more knowledge about teachers' reflections on how to facilitate learning processes in the interplay between subject content, learning goals and activities, and organizational frameworks.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Inter-national (CC BY 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0/deed.no logi vil jeg diskutere hvordan lek i disse kildene blir tildelt en pragmatisk instrumentell verdi og ikke bare en egenverdi. Jeg vil derfor nyansere polariseringen mellom egenverdi og instrumentell verdi, og argumentere for at denne litteraturen også bygger på en normativ pedagogisk instrumentalisme.
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