– We learned about it at school, but I had forgotten it, says Tuva Våge Innbjo (11). One reason, according to her, is that the digital clock is everywhere. And then it is not the one with the little and the big show that wins. – There are so many numbers. The digital one is easier, she says. Friends Pernille Heggland (11) and Sandra Sandfors (11) also prefer the digital one they have on their mobile phone. And estimates that the knowledge of the analogue clock is low in the classes they attend. – I think maybe three or four know the analogue clock in my class, says Sandfors. There is an analogue clock on the wall in Pernille’s classroom, so they can, for example, keep track of how long it is until recess. Or? Pernille Heggland thinks it’s fine to just know the digital clock. Photo: Marthe Synnøve Johannessen / news – I ask a friend who knows the analogue clock. We also have a blackboard at school with the digital clock on it, she says. The three friends are 11 years old, but the 18-year-olds have full control, right? – I know of someone who struggles with the analogue clock, says Leah Larsen (18). Her friend Thea Bisgaard Herløe nods affirmatively. The 18-year-olds Thea Bisgaard Herløe and Leah Larsen test each other in the analogue clock. Both have full control. Photo: Marthe Synnøve Johannessen / news But what is it about the analogue clock that is so difficult, and are there many people who struggle to learn a clock with hands? Parents also have responsibility news has brought in expert help from three people with extensive experience from the Swedish Education Agency. Because it’s at school that you have to learn what the time is both with and without hands? – The school has its responsibility, but as parents you also definitely have a big responsibility to try to teach the children the analogue clock, says Gunn Reidun Tednes-Aaserød. Gunn Reidun Tednes-AaserødPrincipal at Vaulen school in Stavanger.Former county manager of the Education Association in Rogaland and long-term teacher in the primary school.Has hung up an analogue clock at home as a measure to improve knowledge of this among my own children. She has seen over a long time that children and young people struggle with the “normal” clock. – Both as a headmaster and as a mother, I see that children today simply don’t know the analogue clock anymore. They relate to a digital clock both on their mobile phone and on their arm, she says. He himself has taken action at home. – We chose to buy a rather large analogue wall clock and hang it in the kitchen in the hope of teaching our children it, but I can still hear that it’s 20:00 and 20:30, she laughs. Is it important to learn the analog clock? Help! Now we have to take action so that everyone can master clocks with hands. ⌚ The digital clock is the future! In a few years, the analogue will be in a museum. Wait and see! Show result For the sake of order. Explaining how one can describe time using a clock and calendar is a competency target in mathematics after second stage, but the type of clock is not specified. Not the end of the world Gaute Hovtun at the University of Stavanger is not surprised that more and more people seem to be struggling with long and short results. Gaute HovtunUniversity lecturer in mathematics at the University of Stavanger – teaches student teachers in mathematics didactics. Previously worked as a mathematics teacher in primary school. Points to children’s TV as an important incentive for learning the clock earlier. – My impression is that there are fewer people who know the analogue clock now than in the past, he says. He clarifies that it is not research-based, but something he sees both among the student teachers, his own children and not least from his time as a primary school teacher. But is it important to be able to watch with hands? – It’s something that’s nice to know and everyone should have the opportunity to learn it, but as long as the kids can tell the clock, it’s not the end of the world if they don’t know the analogue, says Hovtun. Not being exposed to “normal” clocks Stine Christensen Holtet also sees that several struggle with the analogue clock and has discussed it with teaching colleagues. Stine Christensen Holtet1. deputy member of the central board of the Education Association. 13 years’ experience as a teacher in grades 1-7. class in the Oslo school. – There is more use of the iPad and Apple Watch and these are often set in the digital way, so the children probably experience seeing the digital clock to a greater extent than the other, she says. But should this be reversed? – The most important thing is that the pupils learn about time, then we have to be open to discussing the entrance to how we do it. If we are to focus on both the digital and the analogue clock, says Holtet. The friends test each other on the analogue clock. Whole and half, quarter on and quarter over, they have control. Photo: Marthe Synnøve Johannessen / news The friends Tuva, Pernille and Sandra don’t stress about the analogue clock anyway. – I don’t think I will learn it. She is a bit complicated, says Pernille Hegglund. Hi! Do you have any thoughts about the story you just read, or tips for other things I should check out? Feel free to send me an email! Published 31.07.2024, at 21.46
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