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Dr Michael HarrisEvidence and EvaluationBecta
East Riding Primary Strategy conference30th November 2004
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 20041997
Primary
Secondary
Pupils per computer for teaching and learning - average
5
10
15
20
Schools connected by broadband - percentage
25
50
75
100
Source: DfES ‘ICT in Schools in England’ annual survey (2004)
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Becta’s purpose is the transformation of education
There is more technology in schools than ever before
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 20041997
Secondary
Pupils per computer for teaching and learning - average (non-computer suite ratio)
5
10
15
20
Source: Based on data from DfES ‘ICT in Schools in England’ annual survey (2004), BESA survey (2003), and National Curriculum requirements
…but not enough for ICT to be ‘just another tool’
Based on between one and four computer suites with 25 computers each, including computers deemed ‘ineffective for curriculum use’
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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 20041997
Primary
Secondary
Teacher ICT use - percentage ‘confident’Teacher ICT use - percentage ‘substantial’
25
50
75
100English - primaryEnglish - secondaryMathematics - primaryMathematics - secondaryScience - primaryScience - secondary
Source: DfES ‘ICT in Schools in England’ annual survey (2004)
…and few schools successfully integrate ICT use across subjects
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Source: ImpaCT2 ‘ICT and Attainment’ (2002), 30 primary and 25 secondary schools
ICT can help to raise standards
East Riding Primary Strategy conference30th November 2004
Impact of higher ICT use on pupil attainment
Source: ImpaCT2 ‘ICT and Attainment’ (2002)
…but not all ICT use is equally effective
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Impact of higher ICT use - English at Key Stage 2 (11)
Source: ‘ICT and Standards’ reports (2003), 2,582 primary and 430 secondary schools inspected during 2000-2001
School leadership is crucial
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Factors supporting good quality learning with ICT
School and home use of ICT in English
Source: ImpaCT2 ‘ICT and Attainment’ (2002)
Location:
In lessonsAt schoolAt home
Home use makes a difference to attainment
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Home access to desktop or laptop computers
Source: ‘Young People and ICT’ (2003), 1,804 young people aged 5-18
…and schools are neglecting opportunities to build on home use
…but not all young people are ‘digital natives’
Source: Ofsted ‘ICT in Schools - The Impact of Government Initiatives Five Years On’ (2004), ImpaCT2 ‘Pupils’ and Teachers’ Perceptions of ICT in the Home, School and Community’ (2003)
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Home access to the internet
Source: ‘Young People and ICT’ (2003), 1,804 young people aged 5-18
East Riding Primary Strategy conference30th November 2004
Home access to technology
Source: ‘Young People and ICT’ (2003), 1,804 young people aged 5-18
say this happens ‘every day’24%
78%66%
say this happens ‘at least once a week’
experience conflicts over access
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Subject/topicknowledge
Appropriateresources
Technologyskills
Approach totechnology
Technologyconfidence
Organisation& planning
Source: ‘ICT and Attainment’ & ‘ICT and Pedagogy’ literature reviews (2004)
Effective ICT use starts outside the classroom
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Source: ‘Computers for Teachers’ Phase 2 Evaluation (2002)
…but more teachers need personal access to technology
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Teacher ICT confidence from personal access
Subject Use Deeper learning
English
Science
Programming and modelling
Maths
Word processingand presentations
Simulations and modelling
Understanding andapplying concepts
Scientific reasoningand explanations
Creativity and developing meaning
Geography Simulations and modelling
Concepts andrelationships
History Multimediaresources
Understanding and historical reasoning
Languages Simulations androle playing
Specific languageskills, confidence
Transformational ICT use acts on deeper learning processes…
Source: ‘ICT and Attainment’ & ‘ICT and Pedagogy’ literature reviews (2004), based on over 900 studies
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2002-2006
…and we need to know more about this potential
Funding Implementation
Teaching advice
Self-evaluation
Leadership
Collaboration
3 clusters: 3 LEAs, 28 schools, 3 colleges
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Teacher’s energy input
Low
High
Impact on pupils
Rejection Exhaustion
HighleverageTokenism
Low High
…but we need to tell teachers about more immediate uses
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Embedding ICT through ‘quick wins’
Research
Application
Adjustment
Dissemination
‘Transformation’
Source: David Hargreaves, ‘Working Laterally’ (2003)
The traditional linear R&D model
The lateral ‘D&R’ model
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Becta’s purpose is the transformation of education
…but we don’t say what we mean by ‘transformation’
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What are schools for?
The ‘hole in the wall’ project in India
Source: British Journal of Educational Technology (forthcoming)
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Becta ReviewEvidence on the Progress of ICT in Education
January 2005
East Riding Primary Strategy conference30th November 2004
Dr Michael HarrisEvidence and EvaluationBecta
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