Are students ready for a technology-rich world

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1、Arestudentsreadyforatechnology-richworld?Nomediauseuntil24January2006,11:00ParistimeARESTUDENTSREADYFORATECHNOLOGY-RICHWORLD?OECDBRIEFINGNOTESFORGERMANYOverviewThenewOECDreport“Arestudentsreadyforatechnology-richworld?”providesfirstinternationallycomparativedataon:·theopportunities15-yea

2、r-oldstudentshaveforusingcomputersathomeandatschool;·howtheyusecomputersandtheirattitudestothem;·therelationshipbetweencomputeruseandperformanceinkeyschoolsubjects.TheoverallpicturethatemergesfromthisreportisthatGerman15-year-oldsaregenerallyexperiencedandconfidentinusingcomputers,buttha

3、taccesstocomputersandtheiruseismorelimitedatschoolthanathome.SchoolprinciplesinGermanytendnottoconsiderthisaproblemforinstruction,though,whichmayimplythatcomputersinGermanschoolsareeffectivelyutilised,notconsideredcentraltoinstruction,orthatschoolprincipalsarenotasawareoftheirpotentialfo

4、rinstructionasisthecaseinothercountries.German15-year-oldswhoareestablishedcomputeruserstendtoperformbetterinkeyschoolsubjectsthanthosewithlimitedexperienceoralackofconfidenceintheirabilitytoperformbasiccomputerfunctions,anadvantagethattendstobelargerthanattheOECDaveragelevelandholdseven

5、afteraccountingforsocio-economicbackgroundfactors.Studentsreportusingcomputersathomeforawiderangeoffunctions,notjusttoplaygames.HalfofallstudentssurveyedreportedfrequentuseofwordprocessingsoftwareandoftheInternetasaresearchtool.Girlsarelessconfidentthanboysinperformingcomputerfunctions,e

6、speciallyhigh-leveltaskssuchasprogrammingormulti-mediapresentationsandthesegenderdifferencesarelargerinGermanythanattheOECDaveragelevel.Girlsalsotendoveralltousecomputerslessfrequentlythanboys,whoaremorelikelythangirlstohavecomputersathomeinmostOECDcountriesandmorelikelytoplaycomputergam

7、esanddoprogramming.TheopportunitiesstudentshaveforusingcomputersathomeandatschoolFifteen-year-oldstudents’accesstocomputershasincreasedsignificantlyinGermanybetween2000and2003bothathomeandinschools(seeFigure2.5inthereport).Thetrendwassimilar,thoughoftenlesspronounced,inmo