Three in four Japanese school teachers confident of their classroom computer skills
Advertisementjapan.internet.com reported on a survey conducted by JR Tokai Express Research into computers in the classrooms of elementary and middle schools.
Demographics
On the 16th of March 330 members of JR Tokai Express Research’s monitor panel working in the education field completed a private internet-based survey. 83.0% were male, 7.9% in their twenties, 29.4% in their thirties, 40.0% in their forties, 19.4% in their fifties, and 3.3% in their sixties. 19, or 5.8%, worked in elementary schools, 6.4% (21 people) in middle schools, 11.8% (39 people) in high schools or vocational schools, 193 people (58.5%) in universities, 1.8% (or just 6 people) in technical colleges, 2.4% (8 people) in cram schools, and 18 people, or 5.5%, had other education-related rolls. 25 people actually had other jobs, and one was currently unemployed. The questions below were then asked only to the 40 elementary and middle school teachers.
It’s interesting that over half the sample consisted of university lecturers and the like. Perhaps this suggests something about the relatively light workload that allows that group to spend time completing online surveys?
For the questions presented below, the sample size is probably far too small to be any use, but I present the data regardless.
Research results
Q1: Which of the following can you do on a PC? (Sample size=40, multiple answer)
Task Votes Percentage Writing mail 40 100.0% Searching the intranet and internet 39 97.5% Writing documents in a word processor 39 97.5% Creating presentations 31 77.5% Using groupware 21 52.5% Creating PDF documents 20 50.0% Using spreadsheets 19 47.5% Can’t operate a PC 0 0.0% Other 1 2.5% Q2: Do you currently use a computer or the internet in your classroom? (Sample size=40)
Currently do so (to SQ) 37.5% Not currently, but perhaps in the future (to SQ) 47.5% Not currently, and not in the future either 15.0% No computers in the classrooms 0.0% Q2SQ: Do you have confidence in your computer or internet skills in the classroom? (Sample size=34)
Have confidence 37.5% Have some confidence 38.2% Can’t say either way 14.7% Have little confidence 5.9% Have no confidence 2.9%
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