New British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) research suggests that by 2012/3 nearly half of all schools anticipate using ICT for more than 50% of their teaching time.
The 2011 survey of 1,324 UK schools (772 primary and 552 secondary), which was conducted in July 2011, also found that 10% of schools note that nearly all pupil-time will involve exposure to ICT, and that 49% of primary and 33% of secondary schools said that they were to maintain or increase their planned ICT investments for 2011/12.
The findings come from the 14th annual survey of the opinions and trends of ‘ICT in UK State Schools’.
Ray Barker, director of BESA stated: “The BESA ICT in UK State Schools research indicates that despite negative views about the funding of ICT, an increasing amount of pupil-time is exposed to teaching and learning using ICT. The government has moved very quickly to change the entire education system over the past year and many educators are confused. We have to be clear that schools are not going to be ‘told what to do any more’ so don’t need to wait to be guided by the government on their ICT investments.”
The research, carried out in conjunction with the National Education Research Panel (NERP), provides analysis into the likely provision of technology in UK state schools in the next year and indicates the value of teacher confidence and training concerning ICT in schools.
The research suggests that schools are set to increase the prominence of ICT and technology as teaching tools within the education system and at their own discretion given the lack of guidance from the Department for Education.
At a time when schools are being given more autonomy in deciding how to spend their own budgets, the research suggests that we will see a movement toward increased staff ICT training and the integration of technology into everyday school life.
Barker continued to say: “Schools know that they must therefore continue to invest in ICT to stop a new form of digital divide being created – between schools. They are definitely not standing still – they are just getting on with it.”
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The 2011 survey of 1,324 UK schools (772 primary and 552 secondary), which was conducted in July 2011, also found that 10% of schools note that nearly all pupil-time will involve exposure to ICT, and that 49% of primary and 33% of secondary schools said that they were to maintain or increase their planned ICT investments for 2011/12.
The findings come from the 14th annual survey of the opinions and trends of ‘ICT in UK State Schools’.
Ray Barker, director of BESA stated: “The BESA ICT in UK State Schools research indicates that despite negative views about the funding of ICT, an increasing amount of pupil-time is exposed to teaching and learning using ICT. The government has moved very quickly to change the entire education system over the past year and many educators are confused. We have to be clear that schools are not going to be ‘told what to do any more’ so don’t need to wait to be guided by the government on their ICT investments.”
The research, carried out in conjunction with the National Education Research Panel (NERP), provides analysis into the likely provision of technology in UK state schools in the next year and indicates the value of teacher confidence and training concerning ICT in schools.
The research suggests that schools are set to increase the prominence of ICT and technology as teaching tools within the education system and at their own discretion given the lack of guidance from the Department for Education.
At a time when schools are being given more autonomy in deciding how to spend their own budgets, the research suggests that we will see a movement toward increased staff ICT training and the integration of technology into everyday school life.
Barker continued to say: “Schools know that they must therefore continue to invest in ICT to stop a new form of digital divide being created – between schools. They are definitely not standing still – they are just getting on with it.”
News By:
edexec.co.uk
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