Comparing awareness and use of content-free software in comprehensive schools

Moss, G. D.

doi:10.1016/0360-1315(92)90100-j

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“…The majority of staff recognise and acknowledge the importance of IT but some remain to be convinced of its application in their own subject. However in comparison with the findings reported earlier by Moss (1992) the perceived importance of IT is greater in this study (which was conducted some 15 months after the earlier study) suggesting that teachers' perceptions of the value of IT are continuing to change in a positive manner. Certainly the figures represent a substantial development over the situation which might have pertained 10 years earlier when we must presume that most teachers would not have seen any relevance at all in their own subjects.…”

Section: Staff Attitudes To Information Technologycontrasting

confidence: 91%

Factors Influencing the Delivery of information technology in the Secondary Curriculum: a case study

Williams

Moss

1993

Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education

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This is a report of a single school case study in the United Kingdom in which the entire staff contributed to the results. The study centres on a survey of staff attitudes towards information technology (IT). The study finds that the majority of staff accept the National Curriculum directives to teach information technology across the curriculum and acknowledge the value of information technology within the curriculum. However, many staff lack the confidence and skills to deliver information technology within their subjects. Training is seen to be a major requirement and in-school training is highly valued and preferred.

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Section: Staff Attitudes To Information Technologycontrasting

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Factors Influencing the Delivery of information technology in the Secondary Curriculum: a case study

Williams

Moss

1993

Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education

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“…As for IT in general, 40% said they had little or no INSET, and 38% had some. Over half were dissatisfied with the quality of the INSET they had had in IT (see also Moss, 1992). It is not clear what form this IT INSET took since it was not provided by the IT department in the school.…”

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“…Underwood & Underwood (1990) make the point that 'not all classroom use is beneficial due to the paucity of training of new and serving teachers in more fruitful uses of the [computer]' (p. vii). Moss (1992) reported that very little training was provided for teachers. Two thirds of his sample considered the level of INSET support and the quality of that support unsatisfactory.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…More recently, however, it has been argued that 'it is important for all educated members of society to acquire basic computer-use skillsskills other than computer programming' (Underwood & Underwood, 1990, p. viii, italics added). Nowadays computer literacy often refers to knowledge of content-free applications such as word processing, databases, spreadsheets, drawing applications, and so forth, that can be used in a variety of subject areas (Cousins & Ross, 1993;Moss, 1992).…”

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Pupils, teachers & Palmtop computers

Robertson

Calder

Fungi

et al. 1996

Computer Assisted Learning

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This paper presents a snapshot of the IT skills of staff and Year 8 students in a secondary school prior to their receiving personal palmtop computers and after a short acquaintance with them. Previously, most staff made relatively little use of the knowledge they had of ‘content‐free’ computer applications in their school work, whereas students had little knowledge of such applications. Access to the palmtop, however, increased the staff's use of such applications in their work, particularly for administration (e.g. class registers and assessment scores). A minority of staff remained unconvinced about the potential of the computer and many were dissatisfied with the amount and quality of INSET in the use of the palmtop and in IT in general. The students learned about the main content‐free applications relatively quickly and used them frequently. The report highlights the need for adequate and careful training so that teachers become aware of the range of uses and possible benefits of IT.

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“…The amount and the nature of the training teachers have had on using IT in the classroom will obviously impact on how effective the computers are likely to be in schools (Moss, 1992;Dupagne and Krendl, 1992). Teachers have to be convinced that the time spent on learning to use new technology is likely to yield benefits in terms of time-saving or improved student learning (Cumming, 1988;Thompson, 1991).…”

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The Use and Effectiveness of Palmtop Computers in Education

Robertson

Calder

Fung

et al. 1997

Brit J Educational Tech

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This paper reports how palmtop computers were used in an English secondary school over the course of a year. In particular, it concentrates on the perceived effectiveness of such computers in an educational setting, and on how teachers' and students' knowledge and use of "content-free" applications increased over that time. The benefits and potential problems with this new technology are discussed along with the consequences it has for classroom and school organisation.

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Comparing awareness and use of content-free software in comprehensive schools

Cited by 8 publications

References 6 publications

Factors Influencing the Delivery of information technology in the Secondary Curriculum: a case study

Factors Influencing the Delivery of information technology in the Secondary Curriculum: a case study

Pupils, teachers & Palmtop computers

The Use and Effectiveness of Palmtop Computers in Education

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