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Children and Young People's Home
Use of ICT for Educational Purposes:
The Impact on Attainment
at Key Stages 1-4
Professor Gill Valentine (University of Leeds), Dr Jackie Marsh, Professor Charles Pattie (both University of Sheffield) and BMRB
Research Report RR672
Research Report
No 672
Children and Young People’s Home
Use of ICT for Educational Purposes:
The Impact on Attainment
at Key Stages 1-4
Professor Gill Valentine (University of Leeds), Dr Jackie Marsh, Professor Charles Pattie (both University of Sheffield) and BMRB
The views expressed in this report are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department for Education and Skills.
© University of Leeds 2005
ISBN 1 84478 552 1
1
Contents
Page Number
Executive Summary
4
Section 1: Introduction
11
1.1 Context
11
1.2 Objectives of this study
12
1.3 Methodology
13
Section 2: Access
16
2.1 Patterns of access to a home computer
16
2.2 Independent access to a home computer
18
2.3 Access to other hardware in households
19
Section 3: Patterns of Use
20
3.1 Parental restrictions on use
20
3.2 Variations in use
21
3.3 Educational patterns of use
26
3.4 Subject and year group specific patterns of use
30
3.5 Leisure uses of ICT
40
3.6 Variations or patterns of leisure use
43
Section 4: Home – School Links
46
4.1 Teachers setting homework
47
4.2 Pupils’ use of school web sites
48
4.3 Differences in home/ school uses of ICT
50
4.4 Parents’ contact with schools
52
4.5 Teachers’ views on home/ school issues
54
Section 5: Perceptions of How ICT Can Contribute to 60
Learning and Attainment
5.1 Support at home
60
5.2 Children’s attitudes to homework
63
5.3 Children’s perceptions of ICT
65
5.4 Children’s reasons for using ICT for school work outside 67 of home
2
5.5 Children’s perceptions of ICT and attainment
69
5.6 Parents’ perceptions of attainment
71
5.7 Teachers’ perceptions of attainment
73
Section 6: Patterns of Attainment
76
6.1 The data for this study
76
6.2 Measures of ICT use
78
6.3 Main findings from multivariate regression
80
Section 7: Patterns in relation to age and gender
88
7.1 Patterns in relation to age
88
7.2 Patterns in relation to gender
92
Section 8: Conclusions
95
8.1 The nature and extent of home use of ICT for
educational purposes
95
8.2 The impact of home use of ICT for educational
purposes
96
8.3 The nature and effects of home use of ICT for leisure
purposes
97
8.4 Why do pupils use or not use ICT at home for
educational purposes?
97
8.5 Use of ICT to support home-school links
98
8.6 Summary of implications
100
References
102
Appendices
Appendix 1 List of hardware and software included in
analysis of ICT
Appendix 2 Information about methodology
Appendix 3 Questionnaire for year 6, 9 and 11 pupils
Appendix 4 Questionnaire for parents of year 2 children
Appendix 5 Interview schedule for year 6, 9 and 11
pupils
Appendix 6 Interview schedule for parents of year 6, 9
and 11 pupils; and of year 2 pupils
Appendix 7 ICT Log for year 6, 9 and 11 pupils
Appendix 8 ICT Log for year 2 pupils
3
Executive Summary
This report summarises the findings of a research project undertaken to understand the links between children’s educational uses of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) at home and their performance and attainment at school. It is based on research conducted in the summer term, 2004, in 12 schools in England. This study aimed to:
•
•
•
•
investigate the types and amount of home use of ICT by children and young people at Key Stages 1-4;
establish the relationship between the types and amount of home use of ICT and children and young people’s attainment at school; identify the drivers for home use of...
Children and Young People's Home
Use of ICT for Educational Purposes:
The Impact on Attainment
at Key Stages 1-4
Professor Gill Valentine (University of Leeds), Dr Jackie Marsh, Professor Charles Pattie (both University of Sheffield) and BMRB
Research Report RR672
Research Report
No 672
Children and Young People’s Home
Use of ICT for Educational Purposes:
The Impact on Attainment
at Key Stages 1-4
Professor Gill Valentine (University of Leeds), Dr Jackie Marsh, Professor Charles Pattie (both University of Sheffield) and BMRB
The views expressed in this report are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department for Education and Skills.
© University of Leeds 2005
ISBN 1 84478 552 1
1
Contents
Page Number
Executive Summary
4
Section 1: Introduction
11
1.1 Context
11
1.2 Objectives of this study
12
1.3 Methodology
13
Section 2: Access
16
2.1 Patterns of access to a home computer
16
2.2 Independent access to a home computer
18
2.3 Access to other hardware in households
19
Section 3: Patterns of Use
20
3.1 Parental restrictions on use
20
3.2 Variations in use
21
3.3 Educational patterns of use
26
3.4 Subject and year group specific patterns of use
30
3.5 Leisure uses of ICT
40
3.6 Variations or patterns of leisure use
43
Section 4: Home – School Links
46
4.1 Teachers setting homework
47
4.2 Pupils’ use of school web sites
48
4.3 Differences in home/ school uses of ICT
50
4.4 Parents’ contact with schools
52
4.5 Teachers’ views on home/ school issues
54
Section 5: Perceptions of How ICT Can Contribute to 60
Learning and Attainment
5.1 Support at home
60
5.2 Children’s attitudes to homework
63
5.3 Children’s perceptions of ICT
65
5.4 Children’s reasons for using ICT for school work outside 67 of home
2
5.5 Children’s perceptions of ICT and attainment
69
5.6 Parents’ perceptions of attainment
71
5.7 Teachers’ perceptions of attainment
73
Section 6: Patterns of Attainment
76
6.1 The data for this study
76
6.2 Measures of ICT use
78
6.3 Main findings from multivariate regression
80
Section 7: Patterns in relation to age and gender
88
7.1 Patterns in relation to age
88
7.2 Patterns in relation to gender
92
Section 8: Conclusions
95
8.1 The nature and extent of home use of ICT for
educational purposes
95
8.2 The impact of home use of ICT for educational
purposes
96
8.3 The nature and effects of home use of ICT for leisure
purposes
97
8.4 Why do pupils use or not use ICT at home for
educational purposes?
97
8.5 Use of ICT to support home-school links
98
8.6 Summary of implications
100
References
102
Appendices
Appendix 1 List of hardware and software included in
analysis of ICT
Appendix 2 Information about methodology
Appendix 3 Questionnaire for year 6, 9 and 11 pupils
Appendix 4 Questionnaire for parents of year 2 children
Appendix 5 Interview schedule for year 6, 9 and 11
pupils
Appendix 6 Interview schedule for parents of year 6, 9
and 11 pupils; and of year 2 pupils
Appendix 7 ICT Log for year 6, 9 and 11 pupils
Appendix 8 ICT Log for year 2 pupils
3
Executive Summary
This report summarises the findings of a research project undertaken to understand the links between children’s educational uses of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) at home and their performance and attainment at school. It is based on research conducted in the summer term, 2004, in 12 schools in England. This study aimed to:
•
•
•
•
investigate the types and amount of home use of ICT by children and young people at Key Stages 1-4;
establish the relationship between the types and amount of home use of ICT and children and young people’s attainment at school; identify the drivers for home use of...
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