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The Impact of ICT Initiatives in Scottish Schools. Insight.

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Title: The Impact of ICT Initiatives in Scottish Schools. Insight.
Language: English
Authors: Condie, Rae, Simpson, Mary, Payne, Fran, Gray, Donald, Scottish Executive Education Dept., Edinburgh.
Availability: Dissemination Officer, Research, Economic and Corporate Strategy Unit, Scottish Executive Education Department, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, Scotland EH6 6QQ. Tel: 0131-244-0092. For full text: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/insight/.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 2002
Document Type: Reports - Research
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Information Technology, National Surveys, Student Surveys, Teacher Surveys
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (Scotland)
ISSN: 1478-6788
Abstract: This project provided feedback on the effect of the investment made in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) access and provision in schools in Scotland. The project examined the levels of performance of pupils at Primary 7 and Secondary 4 on a range of ICT skills and abilities, their experiences of and attitudes to ICT and, the views of their teachers. Two national surveys of pupils and their teachers were undertaken in 1998-99 and 2000-01. Three forms of data collection were used: questionnaires to pupils, teachers, and school ICT coordinators; a series of written booklets designed to assess pupils' knowledge and understanding of ICT and its uses; and visits to a sub-sample of schools to assess pupils' skills and understanding as they worked through a series of practical tasks using a computer. This report presents results in the following areas: (1) the extent to which pupils are able to determine how they will tackle a task; (2) pupils' access to e-mail; (3) impact of ICT guidelines on primary-secondary curriculum continuity; (4) how developing electronic communications with others outside the school could be used to enhance the range of teaching and leaning experiences; (5) the role of ICT in the classroom of the future; and (6) how teachers can capitalize on students' access to ICT at home. (MES)
Entry Date: 2004
Accession Number: ED477709
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This project provided feedback on the effect of the investment made in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) access and provision in schools in Scotland. The project examined the levels of performance of pupils at Primary 7 and Secondary 4 on a range of ICT skills and abilities, their experiences of and attitudes to ICT and, the views of their teachers. Two national surveys of pupils and their teachers were undertaken in 1998-99 and 2000-01. Three forms of data collection were used: questionnaires to pupils, teachers, and school ICT coordinators; a series of written booklets designed to assess pupils' knowledge and understanding of ICT and its uses; and visits to a sub-sample of schools to assess pupils' skills and understanding as they worked through a series of practical tasks using a computer. This report presents results in the following areas: (1) the extent to which pupils are able to determine how they will tackle a task; (2) pupils' access to e-mail; (3) impact of ICT guidelines on primary-secondary curriculum continuity; (4) how developing electronic communications with others outside the school could be used to enhance the range of teaching and leaning experiences; (5) the role of ICT in the classroom of the future; and (6) how teachers can capitalize on students' access to ICT at home. (MES)
ISSN:1478-6788