Preschool Heads’ Notions of Digitalized Staff–Parent Communication
The Need to Move from Monocultural to Intercultural Communication in Multicultural Sweden
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12634444 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bim Riddersporre (0000-0001-9787-7340, Malmö University, corresponding author), Jonas Stier (0000-0001-7832-2155, Malmö University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Intercultural Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1404-1634 • E-ISSN: 1404-1634 |
| Publisher | International Collaboration for Research and Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.36923/jicc.v22i1.24 |
| OpenAlex | W4285804902 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
Drawing on a preschool digitalization project, this article presents the findings from a survey of 75 Swedish preschool heads. One main question guided the survey: how do Swedish preschool heads describe the use and usefulness of digital tools for interaction with parents? These findings are discussed in regard to intercultural differences, intercultural communication competence, and discursive blind spots, where two additional questions are addressed: (1) what preunderstandings and discursive blind spots are found in preschool heads’ accounts of the use of digital tools for preschool staff–parent communication, and (2) what implications does the use of digital technology have for (intercultural) communication? Findings from the survey show that preschool heads take little consideration of their own or the parents’ cultural background when understanding and promoting the use of digital tools. The conclusion is that overrelience on digital communication may increase the risk of miscommunication – for all Swedes but particularly with regard to communication between native and “new” Swedes
Competence (human resources · Developmental psychology · Intercultural communication · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Child Development and Digital Technology · Digital literacy in education · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
On the issues of digital competence in educational contexts – a review of literature
Symbolic Interactionism
The multiplicities of multilingual interaction
Diversity management in preschools using a critical incident approach
Managing the unmanageable
The blindspots and biases of intercultural communication studies
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |