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Publication Date: 2014
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Pupils' Views on an ICT-Based Learning Environment in Health Learning
Räihä, Teija; Tossavainen, Kerttu; Enkenberg, Jorma; Turunen, Hannele
Technology, Pedagogy and Education, v23 n2 p181-197 2014
This paper presents a study that examined pupils' views on an ICT-based learning environment in health learning. The study was a part of the wider European Network of Health Promoting Schools programme (ENHPS; since 2008, Schools for Health in Europe, SHE) in Finland, and particularly its sub-project, From Puijo to the World with Health Lunch, which sought to renew secondary schools' health education by developing and utilising an ICT-based learning environment. The research data were collected through a structured questionnaire presented to pupils (N = 92) in two secondary schools, one rural and one urban, in Eastern Finland. The results showed that pupils' opinions about the ICT-based learning environment were fairly positive. Pupils felt that the ICT-based learning environment was easy to use and supported cooperative learning. Computing and Internet skills positively supported pupils' favourable attitudes towards the ICT-based learning environment. An interesting result from the point of view of e-learning was that the pupils increased their awareness of how to critically evaluate health information found on the Internet.
Descriptors: Health Education, Student Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Educational Environment, Secondary School Students, Questionnaires, Likert Scales, Opinions, Usability, Student Characteristics, Student Experience, Internet, Teaching Methods, Intermode Differences, Foreign Countries
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Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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