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'No, Facebook isn't distracting me, I can study at night': ICT habits and boundary management among Estonian secondary pupils
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Abstract The topic of this article is the use of information and communication technologies (computers, tablets, and mobile phones) in adolescents and boundary management between mental domains (school and home domain). More specifically, how do Estonian secondary pupils perceive and manage mental boundaries... view more
The topic of this article is the use of information and communication technologies (computers, tablets, and mobile phones) in adolescents and boundary management between mental domains (school and home domain). More specifically, how do Estonian secondary pupils perceive and manage mental boundaries between school work and leisure activities in environments with ubiquitous access to ICT. Building on a mixed methods study consisting of a web survey with structured, closed-ended questions and of focus groups, this study shows that the pupils use ICT for leisure and school work to a great extent, both at school and at home, enabling learning outside of schools as well as leisure activities within schools. The study also shows how the pupils use ICT to integrate and segment school work and leisure activities, at home and in school; and although shifting between mental domains and different genres of participation may have positive effects on pupils’ learning lives, the pupils’ problematic experiences of navigating between domains must be addressed to understand the complexity of living and learning in the e-society.... view less
Keywords
utilization; pupil; secondary education; Estonia; information technology; electronic learning; adolescent; recreational activity; computer; social media; cell phone; communication technology; digital media
Classification
Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
Interactive, electronic Media
Method
qualitative empirical; empirical; quantitative empirical
Free Keywords
ICT; boundary theory; home-school life
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 22-38
Journal
Studies of Transition States and Societies, 6 (2014) 2
Issue topic
Interdisciplinary Analysis of Post-Socialist Societies
ISSN
1736-8758
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works