Time! What’s that? You’re joking,I don’t have any!

The purpose of this study is to understand how lecturers delivering college-based higher education viewed their workloads, and how this (if at all), influenced their engagement in scholastic activities, which may then enable them to become more knowledgeable in their chosen field of study. The research was of a qualitative nature, whereby semi-structured, in-depth interviews were undertaken with 26 individual lecturers employed at different further education colleges throughout the Yorkshire and Humber region. It was found that lack of time and onerous administrative responsibilities on top of their current workload were two of the major issues these lecturers were facing in their current roles. As a result, it is recommended that an independent audit be conducted to ascertain FE lecturers’ contact time with students and that ways in which to reduce their administrative duties be considered.     

El impacto del ordenador en la organización de la escuela: perspectivas para la investigación

No puede hablarse en abstracto de las virtudes o insuficiencias del ordenador con «el niño» o «la educación». La investigación y experimentación educativa actuales se dirigen a ver cuántos ordenadores y en qué contextos y para qué actividades interactúan en el proceso educativo.

El concepto de «apropiación» que se deriva de la teoría socio-histórica subraya que las escuelas pueden aprovechar la tecnología para objetivos muy distintos de los previstos por el investigador.