The Drumchapel Project: A Study of ICT Usage by School Pupils and Teachers in a Secondary School in a Deprived Area of Glasgow

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Main Authors: McLelland, Dorothy, Crawford, John
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Published: 2004
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contents The Drumchapel Project: A Study of ICT Usage by School Pupils and Teachers in a Secondary School in a Deprived Area of Glasgow McLelland, Dorothy Crawford, John Ownership Focus Groups Disadvantaged Access to Computers School Libraries Information Literacy Students Information Technology Foreign Countries High Schools Higher Education Secondary Schools Questionnaires Internet The Drumchapel Project was a joint exploratory project between Glasgow Caledonian University, a 1992 university, and Drumchapel High School, a secondary school in a deprived area of Glasgow. The initial aim was to explore ICT skill levels among the school pupils but an information literacy agenda emerged in the course of the Project. Focus groups of pupils and questionnaires, administered to both students and staff, were used. The questionnaires were also administered to staff and students in a school in a more affluent area of Glasgow for comparative purposes (Hyndland Secondary School). Home computer ownership was found to be higher than expected and ICT skills levels were comparable to Hyndland pupils. Drumchapel High School was found to be where pupils learned most of their skills. The home and local learning centres were found to be much less important. The school library was found to be a greatly underutilized resource due to staffing restraints. The need for an integrated information literacy/ICT skills training strategy linking secondary and tertiary education was the main finding. (Contains 15 tables.)
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spellingShingle The Drumchapel Project: A Study of ICT Usage by School Pupils and Teachers in a Secondary School in a Deprived Area of Glasgow
McLelland, Dorothy
Crawford, John
Ownership
Focus Groups
Disadvantaged
Access to Computers
School Libraries
Information Literacy
Students
Information Technology
Foreign Countries
High Schools
Higher Education
Secondary Schools
Questionnaires
Internet
The Drumchapel Project: A Study of ICT Usage by School Pupils and Teachers in a Secondary School in a Deprived Area of Glasgow McLelland, Dorothy Crawford, John Ownership Focus Groups Disadvantaged Access to Computers School Libraries Information Literacy Students Information Technology Foreign Countries High Schools Higher Education Secondary Schools Questionnaires Internet The Drumchapel Project was a joint exploratory project between Glasgow Caledonian University, a 1992 university, and Drumchapel High School, a secondary school in a deprived area of Glasgow. The initial aim was to explore ICT skill levels among the school pupils but an information literacy agenda emerged in the course of the Project. Focus groups of pupils and questionnaires, administered to both students and staff, were used. The questionnaires were also administered to staff and students in a school in a more affluent area of Glasgow for comparative purposes (Hyndland Secondary School). Home computer ownership was found to be higher than expected and ICT skills levels were comparable to Hyndland pupils. Drumchapel High School was found to be where pupils learned most of their skills. The home and local learning centres were found to be much less important. The school library was found to be a greatly underutilized resource due to staffing restraints. The need for an integrated information literacy/ICT skills training strategy linking secondary and tertiary education was the main finding. (Contains 15 tables.)
title The Drumchapel Project: A Study of ICT Usage by School Pupils and Teachers in a Secondary School in a Deprived Area of Glasgow
topic Ownership
Focus Groups
Disadvantaged
Access to Computers
School Libraries
Information Literacy
Students
Information Technology
Foreign Countries
High Schools
Higher Education
Secondary Schools
Questionnaires
Internet
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ845512