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What is Four in Balance? - PDST

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example e-mail and standard office applications. We call these generalICT tools.4. In addition, a little more than half of teachers also utilize subjectspecificpractice programs and software associated with a particularcourse/coursebook. These are digital learn<strong>in</strong>g materials with specificcontent.5. A small group of teachers (10-15%) use programs based specifically onthe pr<strong>in</strong>ciples of knowledge construction. These are games, simulationsand software allow<strong>in</strong>g pupils to collaborate on an assignment.Computer programs used by teachersGeneralICT toolsOffice applicationsE-mail program7075Graphics software17Knowledgetransfer(subjectspecific)Specific software forpractice exerc<strong>is</strong>esSoftware associated with aparticular course/coursebook5256Knowledgeconstruction(subjectspecific)GamesSimulationsCollaboration121415% of teachers0 20 40 60 80 100Figure 6.1: Average percentage of primary, secondary and vocational school teachers whomake daily or weekly use of computer programs for educational purposes (bars) and maximumd<strong>is</strong>persion <strong>in</strong> the past three years (d<strong>is</strong>persion l<strong>in</strong>es) (TNS NIPO 2009, 2009b, 2010)Example: 52% of teachers use specific software for practice exerc<strong>is</strong>es. The short d<strong>is</strong>persionl<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong>dicates that that percentage has changed relatively little <strong>in</strong> the past three years, i.e. amaximum of 53% and a m<strong>in</strong>imum of 49% of teachers made daily or weekly use of a practiceprogram <strong>in</strong> the past three years.54

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