Building and Sustaining National ICT Education Agencies : Lessons from England (Becta)

Dykes, Gavin

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ICT education;    ICT;    education agencies;    education policy;   

RP-ID  :  112900

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The British educational communicationsand technology agency (Becta) was established in 1998 andfinally closed in 2011. The government in England set outBecta’s priorities in annual remit letters, and the agency’schanging role is traced through the content of theseletters. Becta primarily addressed school-based andtechnical and vocational education and it acted as the keyagency in taking forward England’s e-learning strategy,harnessing technology. In Becta’s lifetime, technologychanged dramatically, and the agency played an importantrole in building the capacity of schools and colleges tosupport their work and the learning of students throughtechnology. Becta played an important role in conductingresearch and gathering evidence in use of technology forlearning and in developing education leadership and teachercapacity to use technology across the school curriculum.While every national context is different, some of theexperience associated with Becta’s existence may provide astarting point for reflection on the development ofsimilarly focused information and communication technology(ICT) in education agencies.