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HKU Faculty of Education to release research findings on Educational Inequality and ICT Use in Schools

05 Oct 2012

The research team on “Digital Divide in Education” of the Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will hold a press conference on October 9 (Tuesday) to release findings of a research project on “Educational Inequality and ICT Use in Schools: Bridging the Digital Divide”.

The two-year Public Policy Research project is led by Dr. Allan Yuen, the Principal Investigator, and is funded by the Research Grants Council (RGC). It seeks to understand the issues of gender and socioeconomic differences among students’ ICT use in and outside school. A total of 826 Secondary Two students from 36 schools have been surveyed to examine the extent of the digital divide into the individual, school, and outside-school level.

Research findings to be released will cover the following areas: (1) student use of ICT in and outside school, (2) student use of ICT at home and perceived parental guidance, (3) students’ use of ICT at home and their academic attainment, (4) perceived risks and concerns of students’ use of ICT; and (5) perceived attitudes towards risks and concerns of ICT use.

Media representatives are cordially invited to the press briefing. Details as follows:

Date: October 9, 2012 (Tuesday)
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: Room 101, Runme Shaw Building, HKU
Speakers: Dr Allan Yuen, Associate Professor, HKU Faculty of Education; Dr Wilfred Lau & Dr Gervas Lau, Co-Investigators, HKU Faculty of Education
Language:  Cantonese and English

For media enquiries, please contact Ms. Queenie Wong, Development and Communications Manager, Faculty of Education, HKU (Tel: 2219 4270 / mobile: 9220 5840 / fax: 2540 6360 / email: qlpwong@hku.hk).