The State of Technology in Education Report 2018/19 UK&I edition A report for educators, by educators. Now in its third year, the State of Technology in Education is THE definitive annual education report. It’s packed full of first-hand, candid insights on the UK education system.
Our 2018/19 report tracks changes in the education landscape over the past three years. It comes straight from the mouths of over 1,800 educators and school leaders across the UK to bring you our most insightful State of Technology in Education report to date. Here’s a quick preview of the trends that have emerged: Confidence in tech is up 8% Teachers’ confidence in edtech has increased year on year, now standing at 18.4%, up from 10% in 2016.
Tech training is down 20% There was a significant drop in tech training between 2016 and 2017, but remained largely unchanged since then.
When it comes to edtech, do you know more or less than your students? (%)
We receive full training and support (%) 2016
25
41 10
14
45
36 25
18
26
29
2017
down 20%
5
I know a lot more
I know more
2016
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2017
I know about the same 2018
2018
No change
5
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“Our approach to technology isn’t good enough! We are 10 years behind most other schools and we have no money to change that.” Deputy head teacher, local authority secondary school, London
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Edtech budget worries are up 8% Whilst edtech budget worries are down on 2016, there has been a marked increase on last year.
Teacher innovation has reached a record high 54% of teachers now strive to innovate with technology.
There is too little budget allocated to technology (%)
I am constantly striving to innovate by using technology as a tool for education (%) 2016
2016
44
50
down 11%
2017
2017
No change
33
50
up 8%
2018
2018
up 4%
41
54
New for this year—over 60% of educators believe workload generates high stress levels, but under 20% of schools are addressing it Almost 70% of educators say their school has a clear strategy for the coming year—2.4% more than in 2017. Over 7% more of our respondents took an active role in formulating this strategy but the total is still low—under 18%.
This year, schools identified the key priorities for the coming year as: Attainment 63.8%, up 16% since 2017 Reducing the attainment gap 46%, up 13% since 2017 New pedagogical techniques 31%, up 3% since 2017
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