IKT-satsningar i skolan En jämförande studie av nationella IKT-satsningar mot grundskolan och gymnasiet i Japan och Sverige

Abstract

Technological advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT) have resulted in a need to use ICT in schools. Sweden has actively promoted ICT in schools since the early 1980's. In Japan, 1994 saw the government's first step towards active promotion of ICT in education. In this study, we have compared the strategies used to promote the use of ICT in elementary and secondary schools in Sweden and Japan. Our findings suggest that a similar 3-step approach was used in both countries: 1, infrastructure; 2, effective use of ICT; 3, implementation of ICT. A significant difference was found in the way the two countries planned their strategies. Whereas Sweden focussed exclusively on ICT in schools, Japanese promotion of ICT in schools was part of a national ICT strategy to raise the ICT standard of the Japanese society. We suggest that this use of a national ICT strategy makes it possible for Japan to present a more cohesive approach to ICT promotion in schools.