What do PISA 2012 results tell us about European students’ ICT access, ICT use and ICT attitudes?

Oana Andreea CHISĂLIŢĂCarmen CREŢUAlexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi

PISA 2012

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• 510.000 students • 65 countries

“the world’s premier yardstick for evaluating the quality, equity and efficiency of school systems”

(OECD, 2013, p. 2)

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PISA 2012 and ICT

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2003 ICT Familiarity questionnaire• 62 items• Six scales Access Use

ICT

Attitudes

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Participants

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• 147.509 European students• 21 countries

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark , Estonia, Finland,

Germany, Greece, Hungary, Island, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,

Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

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ICT access

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Desktop computers Portable laptops

Tablet computers Internet connection

Video games consoles Cell phones without internet

Cell phones with internet MP3, MP 4

Printers USB memory sticks Ebook readers

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ICT access at home

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Desktop computers≥ 80%: Netherlands, Portugal, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden

1 out of 3 students from Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden

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ICT access at home

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Portable laptops> 75%: Norway, Netherlands, Ireland, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Switzerland, Finland, Germany, Portugal

< 40%: Hungary, Poland, Greece, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic

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Tablet computers>40%: Norway, Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium

<25%: Estonia, Hungary, Finland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Poland, Greece, Slovenia, Slovak Republic

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ICT access at home

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Internet connection82% of Greek schools

>90% of all other countries

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Video games consoles > 60%: Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Austria, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Portugal

Cell phones without internet> 70%: Hungary, Greece, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy

Cell phones with internet> 79%: Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Slovenia, Austria, Denmark

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Ebook readers>30%: Netherlands (N=41.36%, Nnonuse=17.82%),

Greece (N=34.71%, Nnonuse=12.04%),

Poland (N=30.08%, Nnonuse=13.31%),

<10%: Switzerland, Denmark, Iceland, Estonia, Finland

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ICT access at school

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Desktop computers Portable laptops

Tablet computers Internet connection

Video games consoles Cell phones without internet

Cell phones with internet MP3, MP 4

Printers USB memory sticks

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ICT access at school

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Less than 80% of European students admit having access at computer desktop in schools (Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Slovenia)

Nordic countries share the highest percentages of access at portable laptops

Tablet computers: Denmark N= 32.36% Nnonuse =12%

Greece N=14.60% Nnonuse =6.80%

Hungary N=14.74% Nnonuse =7.97%

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ICT access at school

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More than 90% of schools have internet access

16% of Greek students have access at ebook readers

Less than 4% of students from Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, and Finland have access at ebook readers.

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ICT use at home

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1. Social networks2. Download music

3. Obtain practical information from the internet

4. Chat online5. Read news

6. Prepare school work7. Communicate with peers

8. Communicate with teachers9. Check the school’s website

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ICT use at school

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Do homeworkPractice and drill for foreign language and math Post their work on the school’s website

Download, upload materials Browse the internet for schoolwork

Group work and communicate with peers Chat onlineSimulations Email

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ICT attitudes

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More than 80% consider the computer- “important tool for schoolwork”

the internet- “great source of information”

2 out of 3 students: “doing homework using the computer is fun”

30-50% of students from Slovenia, Hungary, Slovak Republic, Greece and Spain : “computer is troublesome”

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Pictures:• http://blog.pearsonfoundation.org/2014/01/the-2012

-oecd-pisa-results.html• http://www.uaic.ro/• http://jactiv.ouest-france.fr/job-formation/decouv

rir/fac-lordinateur-chasse-doucement-stylo-13174• http://www.ac-besancon.fr/spip.php?article3899• http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/global-observer/in

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