The State of Technology in Education Report 2018/19 Teacher edition 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 from senior school leaders across the UK and Ireland.
Our 2018/19 report tracks changes in the education landscape over the past three years. For teachers, the report focuses on tech trends in the classroom, teachers’ workload/wellbeing, and their school budgetary priorities. Here’s a quick preview of the trends that have emerged: Teachers’ 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. When it comes to edtech, do you know more or less than your students? (%) I know a lot more
I know more
10
I know about the same 41
14
45 18
26
36
2016 Workload is still causing high stress levels Almost 40% of all surveyed teachers think their workload should be given higher priority by schools’ leadership teams. Teachers’ workload is something that should be given higher priority by SMT/SLT (%) 40 10
25
29
2017
2018
More teachers struggle with failing edtech Over 86% of teachers are struggling with failing edtech, up almost 3% on last year. Does a lack of appropriate/working technology prevent you from using technology to tackle common teaching issues? (%)
Teachers
84
2017
Heads and deputy heads
86
2018
Download the report at stateofed.tech