Study on the use of computer in practice teaching, of the primary schools teacher in the municipality of viseu

• Main Authors: Maria Martins de Sousa, Juan Antonio López Núñez, Juan Manuel Trujillo Torres, Donzília Ferreira de Sousa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Granada 2012-05-01
• Series: Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers
• Subjects: Information and Communication Technologies; digital literacy; digital competence.
• Online Access: http://www.ugr.es/~jett/pdf/vol04(2)_04_jett_ferreira_trujillo_lopez_sousa.pdf

The current challenges of school education are undoubtedly the skills of teachers and educators in the field of information and communication technologies, including the use given to them in the context of the classroom. In this article is made an approach to the issues of utilization and monetization of these technological resources in schools, specifically for teachers in the first cycle of basic education in the municipality of Viseu. To this end, it was assumed as a methodological option, the development of a quantitative and qualitative research. The course addresses a quantitative nonprobabilistic sample of 229 teachers of the 1st CEB (primary schools), of the municipality of Viseu. The ride quality on the basis of reference covers the discursive devices of a purposive sample of two teachers of the 1st CEB a school contemplated by Technological Plan of Education. The findings reveal that the vast majority of teachers are positive about the benefits for students of 1st CEB with the use of ICT and in this follow-up, seem benefits on the one hand, inherent to the work of the teacher and the other inherent to the student.