An Investigation of the "New Digital Divide" for Urban and Rural Teachers——Based on the empirical research of City Z
城乡教师“新数字鸿沟”之实然考察——基于Z市的实证研究

摘要

在教育信息化进程中，我国城乡教育基本实现了基础设施设备的均衡，而由于人运用设备的差异导致的“新数字鸿沟”正逐步凸显。城乡教师间信息技术应用能力的差异，是“新数字鸿沟”的主要表现形态之一。通过对Z市的市县级学校、镇中心校和村小三个层级的教师进行问卷调查、半结构式访谈，并参与课堂观察发现，三个层级学校的教师在运用信息技术方面呈现出明显的阶梯式差异，彰显出显著的动机鸿沟、使用鸿沟和技能鸿沟。究其缘由，与城乡二元结构的桎梏、学校信息化环境的构造，以及教师个人运用信息技术教学的内在自觉等内外部因素密切相关。

Abstract

In the process of education informatization, our country's urban and rural education has basically realized the balance of infrastructure and equipment, and the "new digital divide" caused by the difference in the equipment used by people is gradually becoming prominent. The difference in the application ability of information technology between urban and rural teachers is one of the main manifestations of the "new digital divide". Through questionnaire surveys, semi-structured interviews, and classroom observations among teachers at the three levels of city and county schools, town center schools, and rural primary schools in City Z, we found that the teachers at the three levels of schools present a clear ladder in the use of information technology, highlighting significant gaps in motivation, use, and skills. The reason for this is closely related to internal and external factors such as the shackles of the dual structure of urban and rural areas, the structure of the school's information environment, and the teachers' inner consciousness of using information technology in teaching.