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Reported Frequency of IWB Use by Teachers
According to the survey, IWBs are now regularly used in secondary school
classrooms. Most respondents claim they are using their IWB most or every lesson
(see figure 6). The remaining third of teachers do claim to use the IWB for some
lessons, with just 8% of teachers reporting that they never or hardly ever use the
IWB.
Figure 6: Frequency of using IWB
Hardly ever
4%
Never
4%
Some lessons
25%
Every lesson
38%
Most lessons
29%
Figure 7 show that English classrooms have fewer teachers who use the IWB every
lesson. This may be because English teachers have less of a tendency to be
technology enthusiasts than Maths and Science teachers. Alternatively, English as a
subject may not always lend itself to teaching using an IWB. The relatively low uptake
and use of the technology in English recorded here is consistent with the
findings of the baseline survey. The Science teachers taking part in this survey
appear to be the highest users of IWBs, though again there are concerns that this
particular group of Science teachers are not representative of Science teachers as a
whole.
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