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How are ICT used in the classroom? A study of teachers’ beliefs and uses
Author(s) -
Carlos de Aldama,
Juan Ignácio Pozo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
electronic journal of research in educational psychology
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.256
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1699-5880
pISSN - 1696-2095
DOI - 10.25115/ejrep.39.15062
Subject(s) - information and communications technology , mathematics education , psychology , pedagogy , computer science , knowledge management , world wide web
espanolIntroduccion. Numerosos estudios muestran que un factor clave para explicar la forma en que los docentes usan las Tecnologias de la Informacion y Comunicacion (TIC) en las aulas son las creencias que mantienen en relacion con estos dispositivos como herramientas de ensenanza y aprendizaje. Este trabajo analiza la relacion entre esas creencias y el uso que hacen los docentes de las TIC en el aula a traves del diseno de un Sistema Categorial para el Analisis de las Creencias y Usos de las TIC. Metodo: Aplicamos un cuestionario de preguntas abiertas sobre creencias y usos de las TIC a 16 docentes de Infantil y Primaria y analizamos 42 actividades propuestas por ellos donde las TIC tuvieran un papel relevante. Para analizar las respuestas, disenamos un Sistema Categorial para el Analisis de las Creencias y Usos de las TIC, basado en tres dimensiones fundamentales: que es lo que los profesores dicen ensenar, que procesos psicologicos activan en sus estudiantes y las tareas o actividades que proponen para alcanzar sus objetivos de aprendizaje. Resultados: Los resultados indican que existe una distancia considerable entre las creencias sostenidas por los profesores y el uso educativo que realmente hacen de las TIC. Mientras que los profesores afirman que las TIC son buenas herramientas para disenar entornos de aprendizaje significativos centrados en el alumno, la mayoria de las actividades propuestas favorecen formas de ensenanza tradicionales centradas en el contenido. Conclusiones y discusion: El articulo concluye con algunas reflexiones y sugerencias para una verdadera integracion de las TIC en el aula basada en una nueva cultura del aprendizaje. EnglishIntroduction. Several studies show that one of the essential factors in the way teachers use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in their lessons are the beliefs they hold regarding ICT as tools for teaching and learning. This study analyses the relationship between these beliefs and the way teachers use ICT in the classroom through design of a System of Categories for the Analysis of Beliefs about and Uses of ICT. Method. We applied an open-ended questionnaire about beliefs and uses of ICT to 16 teachers of Child and Primary Education and collected 42 activities proposed by them where ICT were crucial. To analyse the answers, we designed a System of Categories for the Analysis of Beliefs about and Uses of ICT, based on three essential dimensions: what teachers said they taught, the psychological processes they activated in their students and the activities or tasks they proposed to achieve that learning. Results. The results indicate that there is a wide gap between the beliefs teachers hold and the way they actually use ICT. While they said that ICT should be used to make learning more student-centred and to foster motivation, most of the activities proposed were aimed at onedirectional conveyance of contents, and were neither highly developed nor did they noticeably transform traditional ways of teaching. Conclusions and Discussion. The paper concludes with a few reflections and suggestions about how ICT could really be integrated in the classroom based on a new learning culture.

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