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Schools are becoming technically irrelevant (不相关的) because pupils know more about computers than their teachers, a senior professor of education will argue today.

    Teachers are careful of using digital media and new technologies during their lessons and risk failing a generation of computer-literate schoolchildren, David Buckingham, from the Institute of Education, will say in a lecture tonight.

    Professor Buckingham’s comments reflect rising fears about the quality of the use of information technology communications in schools.

    Research by the University of Bristol earlier this year found that teachers were happy using computers at home, but would not run the risk of getting it wrong in front of a class of pupils. Some 30% of teachers surveyed failed to make good use of computers in the classroom.

    Despite huge government investment, few teachers have made much use of technology in the classroom, and most are skeptical about its educational advantages. Money has been spent on hardware, but not software, and little has been used for training teachers, leaving many teachers unwilling to combine technology with their lessons, he will argue.

    In contrast, the modern media — television, computer games, mobile phones, the Internet — are a constant part of children’s lives and young people spend hours using technology outside of school.

    Professor Buckingham argues that children should even be encouraged to play computer games: “Playing computer games involves a whole range of informal learning processes — remembering, hypothesis (假设) testing, guessing, planning — and online chatting and instant messaging require specific skills in language and interpersonal communication.”

    In contrast, educational media tend to be “visually poor, lacking in interactivity and thin on engaging content”, and surfing the Internet gets turned into “an unexciting obstacle (障碍) course” by the filtering systems used by schools designed to keep in check the information children access.

25. Teachers are fearful of using new technologies in the classroom because ________.

A. they think new technologies may harm them

B. they haven’t realized the importance of new technologies

C. they don’t want to run the risk of getting it wrong in front of the students

D. they doubt whether they are useful for students

26. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Fears about the quality of the use of new technologies in school are rising.

B. About one in three teachers can’t make good use of computers in the classroom.

C. Young people are familiar with modern media such as computers and the Internet.

D. The government has spent little money on new technologies in the classroom.

27. The underlined word “skeptical” in Paragraph 5 probably means “________”.

A. doubtful          B. curious      C. disappointed         D. surprised

28. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. there is no need to use new technologies because students know more about computers than their teachers

B. the government has paid little attention in training teachers to use new technologies

C. students think that surfing the Internet for educational material is exciting

D. teachers think that students should be encouraged to play computer games

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