UNESCO Evaluation Shows Student Achievement Increases by Combining Professional Learning, Compelling Interactive Digital Cont...
24 6월 2011 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Technology, when integrated with interactive digital content,
teacher training and community involvement, has a positive impact
on student learning and performance, according to the results of
the “Interactive Class” project evaluated and released today by
UNESCO. Dell announced that it will extend research on technology’s
impact on teaching and learning in emerging and developed
countries.
Participating middle school students improved their performance
in math by 20 percent - seven times better than a non-participating
study group. According to the study, 44 percent of students said
that lessons using technology became more interesting and 54
percent said the lessons encouraged interest in studying.
The 18-month evaluation initiated by Dell in partnership with
the Secretary of Education of São Paulo State, and with
participation from University of São Paulo and management from
Eldorado Institute, evaluated the impact of professional learning,
interactive content and technology in the classroom. The evaluation
spanned 23 schools in Hortolândia, São Paulo, Brazil and included
approximately 6,000 students and 100 teachers.
The evaluation also identified factors that have a critical
impact on optimizing the degree to which technology can enhance
student performance:
Teacher interaction and professional learning: The more
teachers interact with students in the classroom, the greater the
students’ interest in studying, collaborating, sharing knowledge
and taking initiative. Through more frequent use, teachers begin to
develop and refine the skills they need to use technology and
digital content to promote more attractive instruction, reducing
the gap between students and teachers and promoting a collaborative
learning environment in the classroom.
Digital Content readiness: Interactive lessons offer a
great opportunity for creating autonomous material with new
learning objects aimed at assisting students in developing the 21st
century skills such as creativity and innovation, critical thinking
and problem solving, communication and collaboration. The
availability of classroom-ready digital content is a determining
factor in a teacher’s ability to integrate interactive learning
methods into their curricula.
Community Involvement: Educational technology is most
effective when communities, including parents and educational
decision-makers, actively support the use and dissemination of
educational technology, including digital content.
Public Policy: The “Interactive Class” project’s lessons
reinforced “a need for a public policy that effectively implements
the use of ICT in the classroom.” Policymaking that encourages the
adoption of classroom technology is a key component of enabling
skills and knowledge that prepare students for a 21st century
workforce.
Research details and project results
In almost every Latin American country, governments have
increased spending on education by building schools, adding
teachers and enrolling more children. These efforts have clearly
expanded the geographic reach of education, but the region
continues to scores near the bottom on global achievement tests
including the Programme for International Student Assessment
(PISA).
The evaluation compared results from students in the
participating schools to the results of non-participating schools.
The way technology was introduced in alignment with pedagogical
programs, interactive content development and teacher training,
paired with an involved community; it generated both social and
educational results:
- Increased opportunities for students to
build their 21st century skills and competencies including
collaboration, team work and problem solving.
- Improved student/student horizontal
learning and student/teacher/student cooperation work giving room
for different classroom initiatives.
- Increased opportunities for teachers to
have a new pedagogical look, adhere to new languages and thereby
strengthen their relationships and collaboration with
students.
- Attracted students who felt they were
digitally included by taking part in an innovative project thereby
starting a new approach to obtaining knowledge because of the
challenges of creativity and the use of technology; 44 percent of
students said that lessons using technology became more interesting
and 54 percent said the lessons encouraged interest in
studying.
- Strengthened the disposition of
teachers who already master these technologies and revealed to
others how urgent it is to move towards utilizing more technology
in the classroom.
- Improved performance - middle school
students improved their performance by 34 percent in Portuguese and
20 percent in Math, results that are two to seven times better than
the results obtained by the non-participating student control
group. High school students also achieved better results than the
control group. In addition it became clear that the more
interaction in the classroom the teacher provided the greater the
student’s interest in studying.
Quotes:
Vera Cabral, teacher training school coordinator of the
Education Secretary of São Paulo State“The Secretary of
Education of São Paulo State believes that the proper use of
technology in the classroom – including equipment, content and
training – can change the reality of the educational system. The
results from the experience in Hortolândia prove that we are on the
right track, and it encourages us to study the expansion of the
project on a larger scale.”
Ana Maria Gonçalves Rocha, Portuguese teacher at the
Professor Paulina Rosa State School“This project shows that
education in Brazil may have a solution. It is a starting point for
a new way to teach - with innovation, interactivity and
participation. I believe that this is the right path to take!”
Rebeca Cristina Silva de Oliveira, student at Manoel Ignácio
State School“Now, I’m more interested in the classroom because
it is more interesting and has more resources; I learn more because
it is much easier to see and listen to what is being taught.”
Paul Bell, president of Public and Large Enterprise,
Dell“Dell is committed to the long-term journey with schools
around the world to help research, assess and implement new ways of
making a positive impact on teaching and learning. As results show,
we believe when technology is paired with innovative learning
practices, teacher training, and compelling digital content, it has
the possibility to significantly transform learning.”
- Hortolândia Interactive Classroom Video:
http://www.youtube.com/user/DellVlog#p/u/0/runzBV_V134
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