A tablet for every student: digital education strategy revolutionizes classrooms
A tablet for every student: digital education strategy revolutionizes classrooms
2022-10-06
A policy to give every schoolchild a tablet in class was one of the Ministry of Education’s flagship digital education goals. The ministry has earmarked NT$20 billion over four years to revolutionize learning at grades 1 through 12. Teachers using tablets in class say it’s part of a broader revolution in teaching and learning. With the flexibility a tablet affords, students have more chances to invent a learning style that works for them, rather than toiling away at a monolithic program. We take a trip to Wong-Zih Elementary in Taichung to learn more.
In every class, each student has a tablet in their hands. The teacher stands at the front and teaches through the devices.
This lesson is on natural sciences. Using the tablet, abstract concepts become concrete and understanding opens up for kids. The Ministry of Education has launched a “Digital Learning Plan” to give every school class internet access and every child a tablet.
Student
When I watch a video to prepare for the class I’m going to do, it makes what we do in class more memorable. And I don’t feel in the class like I can’t understand what the teacher’s saying.
Student
I only remember it if it’s interesting.
That’s an insight most of us can agree with. Teachers say that if every child has a tablet, teachers must also change their styles of teaching. Force-feeding students facts is becoming obsolete.
Yang Tzung-jung
Wong-Zih Elementary head
I make some abstract ideas concrete. Then I can use some electric circuits and currents to make it look like a real flow is occurring. So that way, the students can establish a mental model, which is very important in scientific education. Then when they actually carry out experiments, and observe the natural environment, then they have more tools to use.
In this class, students break into small groups to discuss the task they’re working on using the tablets. Then they report their experiences to the class in small groups. They can prepare for the class in advance using the tablet, and revise it afterward. Learning is much more flexible. As the program rolls out, children across Taiwan will find out if this makes lessons more or less of a headache.
生生用平板! 教育部推數位學習計畫
2022-10-06
教育部推動數位內容充實計畫，其中最受矚目的政策就是"生生用平板"，政府連續四年總預算達200億，針對，國中小1年級到12年級，推動數位學習計畫，達成班班有網路，生生用平板的目標，讓孩子學習不再是填鴨式教學，透過科技讓學習有樂趣。
課堂上，每位同學人手一台平板電腦，老師站在講台上，透過平板教學。
這一堂課上的是自然科學，透過平板操作，抽象的概念，可以用立體圖來呈現，如此一來，同學們更能理解課程內容。教育部推動數位學習計畫，要達成班班有網路，生生有平板的目標。
[[同學]]
“那如果說看了影片預習，那會讓我們上課印象更深刻，那上課也不會覺得聽不懂老師講什麼。”
[[同學]]
“就是要有趣才記得住。”
就像孩子說的，課程有了樂趣，才會記得更熟，老師說，生生有平板，也得改變教學模式，不再採用填鴨式教學。
[[翁子國小主任 楊宗榮]]
“我去把一些抽象的概念具體化，然後我可以把一些電路電流，讓它看起來像真的一樣流動一樣，所以學生可以透過這個，建立我們在科學教育很重要，就是心智模型後，學生在真正操作實驗上，會去觀察自然環境，他就有更多工具來使用。”
上課時同學分組討論，操作平板，再來小組報告。有了平板，課前可以先預習課後再複習，不受空間時間限制，課堂搭配科技教學，讓孩子學習更能事半功倍。
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