Older teachers are slowing the pace of technology change. As new, and younger teachers enter our schools we’ll begin to see the “real” transformations begin.
Thoughts like this get repeated so often that they go unchallenged. Take a look at “Can Older Teachers Learn New Tricks”; “Young Teachers Are More Effective Than Older Ones”
There is not only a technology gap between students and older teachers, but also between younger (“Millennial”) teachers and older teachers.
Millennial teachers have a much easier time incorporating technology
into teaching, are more willing to take risks with it and are more
comfortable letting their students help them figure stuff out. Many
older teachers are still terrified of computers and of losing their
authority or having it challenged in the classroom by admitting they
don’t know how to use the technology. Helium Blog – Sagebomb
Is the likelihood of adopting new methods of teaching and new tools, like technology, really a function of age? Is there any research to back up this commonly held view of older, let’s call them “veteran” or “seasoned” educators?
I found this interesting data from CDW-G’s third annual “Teachers Talk Tech” survey conducted in 2005 by Quality Education Data with 1,000 teachers from around the country.
Defying conventional wisdom, older teachers are as comfortable and fluent using technology as their younger colleagues.
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