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Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Wednesday, 12 July 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 July 2017. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Monday, 24 July 2017 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Technology: Education

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the future role of technology in classrooms; and if she will make a statement.

Answer

The Department for Education conducted an internal review in 2016 on educational technology (EdTech), looking at the role of Government in supporting teachers and leaders to realise the benefits of technology.

Since this time, the Department has been engaging with both educators and the EdTech sector to identify good practice, opportunities and challenges.

The Department also held an event with the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy challenger programme team, bringing together education leaders and industry to help identify key barriers to embedding technology within educational practice.


We are currently building on this work through a further series of stakeholder events to identify potential solutions to these barriers and plan to make an announcement once this work is complete.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
4733
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Education Technology
Link
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