The Interactive Whiteboards, Pedagogy and Pupil Performance ...

The training needs of English departments has been ranked on a scale between 0
and 100, where zero means the school’s English department has already undertaken
training in all six areas (just 1 school has done this) and 100 means the department
feels all six areas are a ‘high’ training priority (25 English departments, of which 14
received LC funds). Figure 26 shows the self-reported level of training needs in
English departments in the survey. Just 4 English departments taking part in the
survey reported a high degree of confidence about use of IWB (with a training needs
score of less than 40). The mean self-reported training needs score is higher in
English departments than it is in Maths and Science departments. The typical
English department can be characterised as viewing all areas as a medium training
priority and three as a high priority.
Figure 26: Level of training needs in English departments
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Number of schools
20
10
0
0.00 20.00 40.00 60.00 80.00 100.00
Scale of training needs in English departments
Mean = 78.8416
Std. Dev. = 17.90277
N = 141
How much are IWBs used in English departments?
Answers to this question by Heads of English departments show a lower usage of
IWBs during English lessons compared to Maths and Science classes. Just 1 in 10
English departments reported their IWBs being used every lesson (Table 15).
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