Next Generation Learning campaign and the 'Oh Nothing Much' report (UK research)
Hi everyone,
Steve Hargadon has given me permission to start a new thread on here.
I am contacting you with information about the ‘Next Generation Learning’ campaign, backed by Becta, the government agency for technology in learning,
As teachers with a keen interest in ICT, we felt you might be interested in hearing about a piece of research commissioned by Becta to support its Next Generation Learning campaign.
The survey of 1,000 children aged between seven and 14 years and 1,000 parents revealed that there is a clear communication challenge between parents and children, with almost half of children (44%) claiming they don’t like sharing information with their parents about school, and over a third (37%) of children say they find it quite or very difficult to speak to their parents about their education.
Other key findings of the report, which can be accessed in full at www.nextgenerationlearning.org.uk/ohnothingmuch include:
• A third of parents feel excluded by their children
• Only 16% of children proactively talk about their school day
• Children admit they want to keep ‘hassling’ parents away from school life
• 82% of parents want schools to keep them better informed
Professor Tanya Byron, clinical psychologist, well known for her work on TV programmes, such as Little Angels or the House of Tiny Tearaways, has been blogging for the for the last couple of weeks weeks on behalf of Becta/Next Generation Learning, offering simple, practical solutions to help improve and enhance communications between parents, children and schools, using technology as well as more traditional methods.
Tanya’s blog can be read here:
http://www.nextgenerationlearning.org.uk/ohnothingmuch/Tanyas-Blog/
We would love to get your thoughts on this campaign, and genuinely hope you will discuss the Next Generation Learning campaign with other teachers online.
We're also on Twitter: @nextgenlearning
Kind regards,
Lolly on behalf of Becta, Next Generation Learning.
Steve Hargadon has given me permission to start a new thread on here.
I am contacting you with information about the ‘Next Generation Learning’ campaign, backed by Becta, the government agency for technology in learning,
As teachers with a keen interest in ICT, we felt you might be interested in hearing about a piece of research commissioned by Becta to support its Next Generation Learning campaign.
The survey of 1,000 children aged between seven and 14 years and 1,000 parents revealed that there is a clear communication challenge between parents and children, with almost half of children (44%) claiming they don’t like sharing information with their parents about school, and over a third (37%) of children say they find it quite or very difficult to speak to their parents about their education.
Other key findings of the report, which can be accessed in full at www.nextgenerationlearning.org.uk/ohnothingmuch include:
• A third of parents feel excluded by their children
• Only 16% of children proactively talk about their school day
• Children admit they want to keep ‘hassling’ parents away from school life
• 82% of parents want schools to keep them better informed
Professor Tanya Byron, clinical psychologist, well known for her work on TV programmes, such as Little Angels or the House of Tiny Tearaways, has been blogging for the for the last couple of weeks weeks on behalf of Becta/Next Generation Learning, offering simple, practical solutions to help improve and enhance communications between parents, children and schools, using technology as well as more traditional methods.
Tanya’s blog can be read here:
http://www.nextgenerationlearning.org.uk/ohnothingmuch/Tanyas-Blog/
We would love to get your thoughts on this campaign, and genuinely hope you will discuss the Next Generation Learning campaign with other teachers online.
We're also on Twitter: @nextgenlearning
Kind regards,
Lolly on behalf of Becta, Next Generation Learning.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Hargadon on
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Let's schedule a live interview!
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Permalink Reply by Brenda Mooney on
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Hi Lolly
I attended a recent conference where Professor Byron talked in a very inspired way about how we move forward as a nation without fear and barriers to learning through ICT. So much so I asked if she could attend a conference we are having in Liverpool, other keynotes are Sir Ken Robinson, John Davitt and the artist Ben Johnson.
http://www.classroom20.com/xn/detail/649749:Event:361631?xg_source=...
Regards
Brenda
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Permalink Reply by Kev on
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Are these statistics compared to the same questions over time? There really doesn't seem to be anything new and/or shocking here to me. Kids and parents have had communication issues for decades at least.
While I'm all for anything that attempts to resolve the issue I'm just wondering what makes this any different from the other studies that have shown the same.
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I think a clear analogy as to why this is a little different from the eternal difficulties parents have with teenagers is Swine flu!! The reason it is a pandemic is that is a completely new virus. This has never before been met by humans and so absolutely no one has complete immunity to this novel virus. It is this that makes it a pandemic - it means the whole world is susceptible to it at the same time.
In much the same way, the susceptibility of young people and the internet is that it is an unknown to many parents, we are living in a world where so many adults have a 'techno romantic' view of young people and technology, our assumption are that they know and we don't... This is of course utter rubbish, children and young people need as much guidance when dipping their toes in the water of the Internet with all the benefits plus the perils of; bullying, Identity fraud, grooming and exposure to violent and pornographic materials as they do when we teach them to swim, cross the road etc. We wouldn’t dream of just letting them learn how to cross the road or swim by themselves, without our guidance and protection.
The review is common sense guidance to the new gift and the potential 'new virus' that is the Internet
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