Changes in Media Use in School Education and Home Learning Driven by the Progress of “GIGA School Concept"
The NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute has regularly conducted a series of nationwide surveys aimed at schools or individual teachers since 1950 to study the ongoing situations of the media environment at schools as well as to see the whole picture of the usage of NHK’s educational services such as broadcasting, the internet, and events. We surveyed primary school teachers in AY2021, as the “GIGA School Concept,” which implements “one-to-one device” and “high-speed internet connection” in an integrated manner, started on a full scale at primary and junior high schools across Japan. Compared to the survey result in AY2018, when the “GIGA School Concept” was yet to be introduced, it is found that teachers with access to tablet computers at school have considerably increased (from 63% to 96%), along with the increase in those with access to the internet (from 87% to 98%). More than 90% of teachers in total let pupils use personal computers or tablet devices distributed to...