What is Four in Balance? - PDST
What is Four in Balance? - PDST
What is Four in Balance? - PDST
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3 - ICT <strong>in</strong> teach<strong>in</strong>gThe biggest change <strong>in</strong> recent years <strong>is</strong> that pupils have begun submitt<strong>in</strong>gtheir homework assignments by e-mail. The number of pupils who do th<strong>is</strong>has r<strong>is</strong>en from 24% to 34%. Pupils are also <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly us<strong>in</strong>g the Internetto f<strong>in</strong>d out what homework has been assigned (via the school’s ELE) (VanRooij, 2010b). The school-related activities that pupils perform from homeon the Internet are l<strong>is</strong>ted <strong>in</strong> Table 3.1.School-related activity % of pupils 2008 2009 2010 2011Search<strong>in</strong>g for <strong>in</strong>formation 73 79 83 80Work<strong>in</strong>g on assignments with other pupils 45 52 60 59Contact with fellow pupils regard<strong>in</strong>gschoolwork37 36 36 32Tak<strong>in</strong>g practice tests 31 25 27 27Submitt<strong>in</strong>g homework by e-mail 20 22 24 34Check<strong>in</strong>g what homework has beenassigned13 19 21 28Ask<strong>in</strong>g the teacher a question by e-mail 11 11 17 20Construct<strong>in</strong>g and ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g a website 9 9 7 4Ask<strong>in</strong>g an expert a question by e-mail 6 6 6 5F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g ready-made assignments to copy 4 5 6 4Note: Th<strong>is</strong> table <strong>is</strong> based on <strong>in</strong>formation provided by pupils <strong>in</strong> their first and second years ofsecondary school (appr. 12-13 years of age)Table 3.1: School-related activities that pupils have performed from home on the Internet <strong>in</strong>recent months (Van Rooij, 2010b)41