FK&Y’s Pedagogy Group welcomes Baroness Sally Morgan

The Pedagogy Group, set up by FK&Y in 2013 on behalf of educational charity Techknowledge for Schools, met yesterday in Marylebone to discuss our latest research and the recent press coverage of the use of mobile technology in schools. The research, ‘Children’s use of mobile devices at school and at home’ will shortly be published on the charity’s website. Interviewing over 7,000 children and young people aged 7 to 18 across our panel of schools, the research found that young people who use mobile technology for learning in school every day believe they are more aware of using the internet safely and responsibly. While it can be a distraction at home, the majority of schools using mobile technology in teaching have an ‘acceptable use’ policy in place which young people respect. Yesterday the Pedagogy Group was pleased to welcome Baroness Sally Morgan, former chair of Ofsted, plus our newly extended group of 8 Head Teachers and Professors of Education at our meeting in Marylebone. Techknowledge for Schools was originally set up by DixonsCarphone. The body of research we have carried out for the charity will also be discussed at The Drum’s ‘Do It Day’ tomorrow, Thursday 24 September.