International Comparative Studies in School Digitalization

Shimpei TOYOFUKU

GLOCOM IUJ

Critical Gap between Home and School

Students using PC in home

80.8%

5-6 Gr. Female Students Own Mobile Phone

59.0%

Students Own Potable Game

Machine

73.3%

Forced Hand WritingPrinted Matters in vain

No e-mail No SNS

http://www.hakuhodody-media.co.jp/newsrelease/report/20120725_6344.html

Survey for Elementary School Children in 2012

Behind 20 years

Why Japanese schools are negative for digitalization ?

How to change our system by learning from uniqueness of Scandinavian countries ?

Companies are heating upfor ICT use in home education

Young Edu-Tech Companies

JP School systems

http://www.mext.go.jp/english/introduction/1303952.htm

JP General Statistics

Population 127,130,000

E gr.1-6 J gr.7-9 H gr.10-12 Total

Schools 21,131 10,628 4,981 36,740

Students 6,676,920 3,536,182 3,319,640 13,532,742

Teachers 417,553 254,235 235,062 906,850

e-stat http://www.e-stat.go.jp/ population 2014.03 / education stats 2013.04

JP Schools Digitalization #1

http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/zyouhou/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2014/08/08/1350411_01.pdfhttp://www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/List.do?bid=000001050381&cycode=0

Ratio of students to computers 6.5

Internet accessible general classroom 85.5% Wi-Fi 21.2%

High-Speed Internet Access (over 30Mbps) 79.0%

Computers for teachers 111.1%

e-mail for teachers 62.9% (E/J 53% H 91%)

JP Schools Digitalization #2

http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/zyouhou/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2014/08/08/1350411_01.pdfhttp://www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/List.do?bid=000001050381&cycode=0

IWB : Interactive White Board 76.4% 2.2 /school

OHC : Over Head Camera 4.4 /school

Tablet PC for instruction 2.0 /school

System for office-work in school 80.3%

General ICT Teaching Set in Class / Netherlands 2010

SuspendedProjector

Desktop PCfor teacher

Fixed IWB

Temporary ICT Teaching Set in Class / model case in Japan 2012

TemporaryScreen

TemporaryNote-PC &Projector

Digital Environment in school

JP FI/DK/SE

Facilities

Computers in general classNoOnly 1 PC room in school

Yes

Projector, Screen or IWB TemporaryNeed to set up

FixedReady to use

Platform Services

Website, Blogs or CMS Yes Yes

e-mail for students No Yes

SNS for Students & Parents No Yes

Difference of Teaching & Learning Style

99.2 99.1 98.9 98.7 98.5

97.194.5

83.5

81.4

DK FI NL NO SE AU OECDaverage

KR JP

Percentage of students who use a desktop, laptop or tablet computer at home

94 9492

8988 87

72

60

43

NL AU NO FI SE DK OECDaverage

JP KR

Percentage of students who use a desktop, laptop, or tablet computer at school

PISA 2012 Results: Skills for Life (Volume V): Student Performance in Problem Solving - © OECD 2014Light Blue Items means No significance in test score between groups

Even if the model case …

• 21st Century Skills & Key Competencies

• Digital Textbook

• Tablet PC and Wi-Fi

• Mooc and Flipped Classroom

• Collaborative Learning

Even if the model case …JP FI/DK/SE

Smart Device Ownership / ControlTeaching Material

Learners’ Stationary

Digitalized Textbook Reference A part of Learning Resources

In-class Central Control / Screen Sharing System

Yes No

Cloud Service to mobile their own work (ex. Google Apps for Edu)

No Yes

Ethis class / 6 grade in 2013 Over 80% in lesson tablets are shut down by teacher

Students must do quickly simple tasks given by teacher

Japanese Teachers want use ICT as Something Special Magic Wand• Rarely use computers in regular classes

• Assign short work time to do simple task

• All works & items are completed in one-shot class

•Teaching Items – Black Board or Video

• Teaching Machine – Drill and Practice for Bottoming up results

• Method to Control Students’ Behavior

• Cause high stress on teachers

FI/DK/SE Case studies showICT is the Air to breeze for better learning• Using for daily life including learning in school

• Long enough work time for projects in class

• Sharing items through cloud between members

•Environment for Knowledge Creation• Notes and Stationaries for learners

• Guaranteed their own space

• Effect for Writing, Editing, Composing Abilities

Why JP Schools are Negative for Digitalization? Thinkable some reasons #1

•Hand Writing Religion• Over 3000 Kanji characters to learn

• First Japanese Word Processor was released in 1978

Why JP Schools are Negative for Digitalization? Thinkable some reasons #2

•Printed Matter Lovers• High Speed Replicators

• Low-Cost / Low Quality

Why JP Schools are Negative for Digitalization? Thinkable some reasons #3

• Teaching > Learning

• Finely defined national curriculum• Getting class period competition between subjects

• Putting more amount of knowledge to learn

• Restricted school autonomy for managing curriculum

• National authorization system of textbooksFree of charge textbook in mandatory education

How to change JP education system ?

• New Concept for Education• 21st Century Skills & Key Competencies

• And learn from whole school education style• Not only from hardware / service environment

• Also from Curriculum, Philosophy and School Management