What is Four in Balance? - PDST
What is Four in Balance? - PDST
What is Four in Balance? - PDST
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Learn<strong>in</strong>g at school and at homeWe see that teachers have their pupils use ICT <strong>in</strong> various ways outside ofschool. In other words: ICT adds to the time pupils spend learn<strong>in</strong>g becausethey are given more opportunity to learn outside of school hours.Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>in</strong>dicates that teachers use ICT to bridge the gap between formallearn<strong>in</strong>g (at school) and <strong>in</strong>formal learn<strong>in</strong>g (outside school). Various studieshave conv<strong>in</strong>c<strong>in</strong>gly demonstrated the value of do<strong>in</strong>g so. Examples aredescribed <strong>in</strong> greater detail <strong>in</strong> Chapter 2; they concern learn<strong>in</strong>g Engl<strong>is</strong>hwith a mobile phone, practic<strong>in</strong>g words <strong>in</strong> a foreign language, and us<strong>in</strong>gcomputers to teach basic math pr<strong>in</strong>ciples and as a vocabulary-build<strong>in</strong>g toolfor young children. Such applications show that ICT makes learn<strong>in</strong>g moreappeal<strong>in</strong>g. Many teachers expect that ICT therefore motivates pupils tostudy harder and longer, ultimately improv<strong>in</strong>g their performance at school(Van den Brande, 2010).