About 90% of children and students expect that ICT equipment such as tablet terminals distributed to elementary and junior high school students will be useful for studying, but more than half of the schools do not fully utilize it. I found it in a survey by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
In May, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology conducted a "national academic ability test" for 6th grade elementary school students, 3rd grade junior high school students, and more than 2 million people nationwide, and also investigated the utilization status of ICT devices such as tablet terminals. It was announced on the 31st.
When asked if children and students would find the use of ICT devices such as tablet terminals useful for studying, 90% of elementary and junior high school students answered that they would find it useful or rather useful. Exceeded.
On the other hand, when I asked the school how much ICT equipment was used when the faculty members and students interacted with each other, the answers "I haven't used it at all" and "I haven't used it much" were from elementary schools. It was 55% in junior high school and 57% in junior high school.
In addition, when asked how much each student can use a terminal such as a tablet deployed at home, both elementary and junior high schools "do not take it home" or "do not take it home". Was more than 60% in total, and only about 20% of schools take it home every day or occasionally.
Hiroko Asahara, Director of the Academic Achievement Research Office of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology said, "We found that children have very high expectations for the use of ICT equipment for learning. I want you to do it. "
Take-out of terminals Difference in school response
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has announced the latest utilization status of tablet terminals, etc., which are maintained for each elementary and junior high school student, as the school is expected to be temporarily closed due to the rapid spread of infection.
As of the end of July, the maintenance of each terminal was completed in 1742 local governments, which is 96% of the whole country, but 70 local governments, which is 3.9%, answered that it was not completed.
Regarding bringing terminals home, 64% of the approximately 30,000 public elementary and junior high schools nationwide answered that they were "prepared" to respond to emergencies such as infection spread and disasters, and "preparing". It was found that there was a difference in response, with 32% responding and 4% responding "not implementing / preparing".
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has urged local governments that answered "I will not implement or prepare" to prepare promptly, assuming that they may not be able to attend school or the school will be closed after the summer vacation.
Expert "Use in the classroom from normal times and take it home to practice"
Professor Tatsuya Horita of Tohoku University Graduate School, who is familiar with ICT education, said, "While children's expectations for tablet terminals are high, their use is not widespread enough. Some schools are spreading it to neighboring schools, but some local governments do not start using it until all schools can do it all at once. It is important to proceed from what you can and where you can. " increase.
And since the new semester begins while the spread of infection has not subsided, "Even though I am not familiar with how to use it at school, it is not easy to use it when I bring my tablet terminal home in an emergency. It is very important to prepare for learning by using it in the classroom and taking it home for practice. "