Teachers Are Wary About Using IT in the Classroom

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Press Release: Teachers Are Wary About Using IT in the Classroom, University of Bristol September 20, 2005

This study is getting some circulation (though the press coverage basically echoes the press release). According to this study, "The ESRC study reveals that many teachers fear that computers would interfere with ‘genuine’ or book-based learning, particularly in the humanities and creative subjects and use ICT only for administration and routine tasks". More...