We talk about how the U.S. uses education technology. Like, all the time. But what about the other international programs out there? For example, China? How do schools in the two different countries leverage education technology? Who uses it for research more? Which country spends the most amount of time using edtech?
A new survey from Dell indicates there are quite a few things the U.S. can learn from China when it comes to meeting students’ technology needs. According to the findings:
- China is more likely to integrate technology into all curriculum,
- Chinese students spend more time using technology in school, and
- Chinese teachers are more technologically savvy according to students
The below infographic from the fine folks at Brain Track have assembled an array of useful information in the always-fun infographic format. Enjoy!
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This is interesting. I have lived and worked for over seven years in various cities in China. It is not my observation that students use tech to this degree. China is immensely large, I wonder where the Dell sample was done and how many students were sampled. Even if the sample was only restricted to a city like Shanghai, 20 000 000 people, it would not reflect the students of China at large. These data look very suspicious – please provide your readers on how and where the surveys were done and the sample size. I suspect America does not have to be worried about this comparison.
I agree with Patrick. I am an IT Coordinator for an international school in China and I know the daily frustrations of being able to provide sufficient technology in the classroom. Something as simple as opening up a port on our library web server so students and teachers could access our library catalog from home took several visits to the government agency to register and get the necessary permissions. We spent an entire summer looking for laptop carts even though they are made here. Network and computer equipment is often lower quality than US counterparts of the same make/model and even though much is manufactured here, costs are still higher. While I know some of the top tier schools in China having the best in technology, but I have been to second-and third-tier schools that are still using chalk and blackboards. I’d be curious to know how the data was surveyed – market research in China can be highly suspect at times.
I didn’t know Chinese people love using technology in learning or getting educated. This is an interesting infographics and I’m sure a lot of readers got curious about the data shown. Thanks for posting.
I believe the report is not about how widely technology is being used, but how receptive the students and teachers are towards the idea of using it. It’s logical to me that in a country (China) where internet usage is already very popular but technology is scarely used in school, people are going to want it more. It’s after all a new concept that is talked about more than being tried out.