In 2002, working with Beijing Municipal Educational Commission and Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences, we introduced the ICT in Schools project to integrate ICT into the Chinese school curriculum.

This involved a training workshop attended by over twenty teachers, school leaders, researchers and government officials from Beijing, Zhejiang and Guangdong.

In January 2003, a delegation of fifteen people visited the UK to attend the British Education Technology Show (BETT) in London. The delegation included teachers, school leaders, researchers and government officials. You can read about their visit in their report – Transforming Teaching and Learning with ICT – New Development in UK and lessons for China.

In February 2003 Wired Communities—a Sino-British Workshop on ICT in Education was held in Beijing. Developed by our Education and Training Group e-Networks and Communities Team the workshop was organised to provide another platform for UK and China to exchange experience and expertise in ICT used in education. The three-day workshop attracted over 60 policy makers, officials, researchers, school principals and teachers from Beijing, Chongqing, Zhejiang and Guangdong.

In September 2003, we held a conference entitled Introducing and Integrating ICT into the School Curriculum: the UK Experience and its Implications for China. The conference gave an overview of

• the UK experience of introducing ICT into the school system
• developing an on-line curriculum
• supporting teachers in the move to an ICT-supported curriculum
• discussing implications of the UK experience for China.  

You can read about the experts’ presentations for more details.  (English Winzip format)

For more information about this project, please contact us.