Are young teachers more ICT savvy?

In March 2008, edna commissioned market research into ICT use by Australian educators.

The graph above shows how a sample of 1167 Australian educators have assessed their capability into the use of ICT to support their teaching. Each band shows the percentage of educators with similar levels of teaching experience who fall into one of the 4 categories. Findings include:

• ICT proficiency is much greater for teachers with over 2 years experience than those in the first 2 years of their career
• overall ICT proficiency levels are similar for educators of all experience levels after 2 years practice - 68-70% compared to 43% of those in their first 2 years (proficient or transforming practice)
• a greater proportion of teachers who are further into their career (10-20 years plus) rated their proficiency as transforming practice
• late career teachers also use the Internet more frequently - 89% use the Internet daily compared to 74% in the first 5 years of their practice
• the sample group is likely to be slightly biased towards those with greater ICT knowledge
  

This research appears to dispel conventional wisdom that new teachers are more ICT-savvy than their more experienced counterparts. 

The 4-scale ICT capability rating loosely maps to ICT capability frameworks developed by Australian education systems - see edna  ICT professional learning frameworks and resources theme page

edna is currently investigating the specific ICT needs of beginning teachers and how ICT support and service may better support their needs. We will report on this research shortly.

Rating	< 2 years	2-5 years	5-10 years	10-20 years	> 20 years
Foundation	22%	7%	5%	8%	6%
Emergent	35%	25%	24%	23%	27%
Proficient	38%	43%	44%	40%	33%
Transformational	5%	25%	26%	29%	33%
Use of the Internet every day	74%	74%	90%	84%	90%

Which of the following statements best describes your current use of information and communications technologies (ICT) in your current work or teaching practice? 

Foundation - developing my ICT skills
Emergent - using ICT to support  teaching and learning
Proficient - confident  in use of ICT to support learning outcomes
Transforming practice - new ways of engaging students within and beyond the classroom/learning environment

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Posted at 04:37PM Nov 01, 2008 by Mark Tranthim-Fryer  |  Comments[1]

educators and ICT market research

edna has released comprehensive market research into the use of technology by Australian educators across all sectors of learning.

The research canvassed the views of a range of educators - mostly teachers, trainers, lecturers and tutors, plus educational administrators such as principals and directors, project or curriculum advisers and researchers, ICT administrators, librarians and other student support staff.

General findings are described in the media release  and Final Report.

Are you aware of Education Network Australia (edna)?

 
Of the repondents who anwered yes, the services used were:

Recommendation to better promote edna

clear evidence of the enormous potential of edna: if only educators knew about it and were informed about all the services it offers.

The edna team will be conducting further analysis of this research and other evidence to inform planning for edna and me.

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Posted at 01:34PM Jun 16, 2008 by Mark Tranthim-Fryer  |