TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary pupils' use of information and communication technologies at school and home
AU - Selwyn, Neil
AU - Potter, John
AU - Cranmar, Sue
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Based on survey data from 612 pupils in five English primary schools, this paper investigates children s engagement with information and communication technologies (ICTs) inside and outside the school context. Analysis of the data shows pupils engagements with ICTs to be often perfunctory and unspectacular, especially within the school setting, where the influence of year group and school attended are prominent. Whilst the majority of children felt that ICT use led to gains in learning, the paper discusses how there was a strong sense of educational uses of ICTs being constrained by the nature of the schools within which educational use was largely framed and often situated. The paper concludes by suggesting possible changes to ICT provision in primary schools, most notably relaxing school restrictions regarding Internet access and developing meaningful dialogues with pupils about future forms of educational ICT use.
AB - Based on survey data from 612 pupils in five English primary schools, this paper investigates children s engagement with information and communication technologies (ICTs) inside and outside the school context. Analysis of the data shows pupils engagements with ICTs to be often perfunctory and unspectacular, especially within the school setting, where the influence of year group and school attended are prominent. Whilst the majority of children felt that ICT use led to gains in learning, the paper discusses how there was a strong sense of educational uses of ICTs being constrained by the nature of the schools within which educational use was largely framed and often situated. The paper concludes by suggesting possible changes to ICT provision in primary schools, most notably relaxing school restrictions regarding Internet access and developing meaningful dialogues with pupils about future forms of educational ICT use.
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00876.x/abstract
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00876.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00876.x
M3 - Article
VL - 40
SP - 919
EP - 932
JO - British Journal of Educational Technology
JF - British Journal of Educational Technology
IS - 5
ER -