El uso de las TIC en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras a partir del análisis del discurso de docentes universitarios / The use of the ICT to teach foreign languages from a critical discourse analysis of the university professors’ speech

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 368-394
Author(s):  
Jenny Bermúdez Jiménez ◽  
Ángela Montoya Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The University

El proceso de transformaciones en el campo educativo surgido a partir del desarrollo y aplicación generalizada de las TIC, tiene de diferente, sobre las revoluciones tecnológicas precedentes, el ritmo asombrosamente acelerado que impone. Es de innegable importancia para las ciencias sociales, y para el campo de la pedagogía y la didáctica en particular, reflexionar sobre las implicaciones que la adopción generalizada y creciente de las TIC tiene sobre su presente y su futuro. Este estudio intenta establecer no solamente las implicaciones formalmente previsibles –de primer orden–  en cuanto a eficacia y eficiencia, resultantes del uso de las TIC en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras, sino hasta dónde esta función tiende a transformar roles –implicaciones de segundo orden– de los actores, incluidos los docentes y la institucionalidad de la que hacen parte, además del grado de conciencia que existe sobre tales fenómenos. La investigación busca evidenciar cuál es el uso de las TIC en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras a partir del análisis del discurso de docentes universitarios. No se presenta una aplicación lineal del método de análisis del discurso de Teun Van Dijk: sino una adaptación, aplicando su esquema conceptual más en el orden de lo institucional-pedagógico que en el orden gramatical. Enfatizando el análisis en las relaciones binarias de discurso y cognición, pragmática e ideología.     The transformation process occurring in the educational field, which has resulted from the generalized development and application of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), differs from preceding technological revolutions in the amazingly accelerated pace it sets. Reflecting upon the implications of the generalized and increasing adoption of ICT is undeniably important for the present and future of social sciences and, particularly, for the areas of pedagogy and didactics. This study does not only attempt to establish those implications formally foreseeable in terms of efficacy and effectiveness resulting from the use of ICT to teach foreign languages –first order, but also to determine how much this function tends to transform the roles of participants –second order implications. The latter includes the teachers, the institution they belong to and the degree of awareness existing upon those phenomena. The research study aims at making evident what the use of ICT for language teaching is as seen from a critical discourse analysis of the university professors’ speech. It does not show a direct application of Teun Van Dijk’s discourse analysis method, but rather an adaptation which emphasizes the implementation of the conceptual framework in institutional-pedagogic terms than in grammar terms, therefore highlighting the analysis of the binary relationships existing between discourse and cognition and pragmatics and ideology.

Critical Discourse Analysis and Information and Communication Technology in Education

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Brown
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Information And Communication

Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is a cross-disciplinary methodological and theoretical approach. At its core CDA explores the intersections between discourse, critique, power, and ideology which hold particular values for those teaching in developing contexts. CDA has emerged as a valuable methodological approach in cultural and media studies and has increased in prominence since the 2010s in education research where it is drawn on to explore educational policy, literacy education, and identity. This research has intersected with the field of information systems which has explored the dominant discourses and discursive practice of how information and communication technologies (ICTs) are viewed in policy and the contradictions between rhetoric and reality. It has also been drawn on in research in developing contexts to critique the role of ICTs in education. A brief historical background to CDA and overview of the key components of the approach will be provided. How CDA has been drawn on in educational studies will be examined and research on CDA will be highlighted to explore discursive practices of students and the influence of students’ digital identities on their engagement with and experience of online learning. By focusing on four key constructs of CDA—namely meaning, context, identity, and power—the potential of CDA to critically investigate how students’ are constructing their technological identity in an increasingly digital world will be demonstrated, particularly as examples of research emanating from developing contexts will be drawn.

scholarly journals South Africa’s Socio-Techno divide: a critical discourse analysis of government speeches

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Chigona ◽  
M Pollock ◽  
JD Roode
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Developmental Needs ◽  
The People ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Constructive Engagement

This paper aims at contributing to the debate about the digital divide. We first focus on what to us constitutes the root problem: the typical approaches to the development of people through and by the use of information and communication technologies (ICT). In contrast to governmental, political and technological attempts that focus almost exclusively on providing access to digital communication technologies, and expect “development” naturally to flow from that, we argue for a focus on “development” which is based on our notion of sustainable socio-economic development. We refer to “technocentric approaches” when the approaches propose and pursue technological interventions and show little regard for the actual needs of the people involved. At the other end of the scale, where the focus is on people and their developmental needs, we will speak of “sociocentric approaches”. This presents us with a different divide, which we will refer to as the “socio-techno divide”. We argue that it is this divide that has to be addressed – not the digital divide – and then present an analysis of the socio-techno divide. This analysis takes the form of two types of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), namely Foucauldian and Habermassian. The analysis of the South African government’s rhetoric illuminates the issues that need our attention and indicates an agenda for constructive engagement about the use of ICT for development in the Third and Fourth worlds.

scholarly journals Evidence of validity for a Health Teaching Skills Scale

Psico-USF ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-416
Author(s):  
Fernanda Drummond Ruas Gaspar ◽  
Gardênia da Silva Abbad ◽  
Carlos Manoel Lopes Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
University Professor ◽  
The University ◽  
Health Teaching

Abstract There are few studies found in the literature that analyze the university professor duties, specifically in the area of health. The purpose of this article was to describe the construction of a scale to evaluate the importance of health teaching skills and to seek evidence of validity using factorial (exploratory and confirmatory) analyzes based on the internal structure. The sample was composed by university students of Nursing and Medical courses (n = 315). The results indicated the presence of 4 factors that remained in the model after performing the confirmatory factorial analysis, which are: use of information and communication technologies in teaching (13 items, α = 0,87); Teaching in practical health scenarios (10 items, α = 0,81); Interpersonal relationship (6 items, α = 0,89); and Didactics (5 items; α = 0,63). We concluded that the instrument has initial evidence of validity and may be applicable in studies to diagnose the learning needs of university professors.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF ATTITUDES AND INTERESTS TOWARDS ICT: ORIENTATION FOR PROBLEM EXPERIENCES

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-57
Author(s):  
Francisco Manuel Morales Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Upper Secondary Education ◽  
Computer Knowledge ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Power Point ◽  
The University

The transformation process occurring in the educational field, which has resulted from the generalized development and application of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), differs from preceding technological revolutions in the amazingly accelerated pace it sets. Reflecting upon the implications of the generalized and increasing adoption of ICT is undeniably important for the present and future of social sciences and, particularly, for the areas of pedagogy and didactics. The new model of Higher Education involves new methods, demands and challenges, where the use of ICT represents one of the basic competences. The present study aims to provide an evaluation of interests and attitudes towards Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in a sample of 224 post-graduate students of the Master's Degree in Teacher Training: Secondary and Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Language Teaching, aged from 22 to 49 years old. The questionnaire includes questions aimed to evaluate different aspects, which facilitate interactive learning: computer knowledge; knowing the value of the Internet; place and frequency of online access; and usefulness of certain tools such as video-film, power point, Moodle, forums, wikis, chats, video-forums and blogs. Additionally, the questionnaire includes a number of questions about the potential applications of the Internet in an educational context. Results showed that all students are familiar with the Internet and that they first got to know it from friends. More important is the fact that most of them consider the Internet as a potential educational resource and not only as a support or reinforcement tool that complements the textbook and they like to use ICT and think of them as useful tools in their learning/teaching process. There are differences based on gender and specialization in the perception of the role that ICT is to play in the university context. In particular, men from the specialization Foreign Language consider that weblogs do facilitate peer-to-peer and student-teacher communication and give less importance than women to the item stating that the families’ socioeconomic level has an influence on our knowledge of the Internet. To conclude, the information obtained from the present study is of interest both for training teachers and for integrating ICT in the academic curricula. Key words: attitudes, ICT, learning, university students.

Desafios do ensino aprendizagem em tempos de pandemia: relato de uma construção baseada em metodologias ativas/Teaching and learning challenges in pandemic times: an experience based on active methodologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-470
Author(s):  
Andrezza Marques Duque ◽  
Erika Hiratuka-Soares ◽  
Larissa Galvão da Silva ◽  
Francisco Leal de Andrade ◽  
Marina Batista Chaves Azevedo de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Remote Education ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Learning Challenges ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The University

Objetivo: Descrever, analisar e refletir sobre o processo de construção/implementação de uma subunidade curricular obrigatória remota, que ocorreu durante a pandemia. Síntese dos elementos do estudo: Realizou-se uma caracterização da instituição e do curso onde ocorreu o processo e, posteriormente, expõe-se o processo de desenvolvimento da subunidade curricular (o funcionamento antes da pandemia e o resultado da reformulação/adaptação/implementação da subunidade curricular remota pelos docentes). Conclusão: Foram identificados desafios, limites e potencialidades desse processo, incluindo: manejo das plataformas, qualidade das conexões e do ensino, acesso às referências bibliográficas, protagonismo e motivação dos estudantes, contato com profissionais de outras instituições.Palavras-chave: COVID-19. Ensino remoto. Tecnologias de informação e comunicação. Terapia Ocupacional.  AbstractObjective: To describe, analyze and reflect about the implementation process of a mandatory curricular component which happened during the pandemic by University professors. Synthesis of the study elements: We did a characterization of the University and after we described the process, including the development process of the curricular component before the pandemic period and the reformulation process before the implementation of remote education. Conclusion: We described the challenges, limits and potentialities, including: the management of platforms, the quality of connections, the access to scientific references, the protagonism and motivation of the students who were involved, and the approximation between the students and Occupational Therapists from other Universities.Keywords: COVID-19. Remote education; Information and communication technologies. Occupational Therapy. ResumenObjetivo: Describir, analizar y reflexionar sobre el proceso de construcción/implementación de una unidad educativa obligatoria remota, que se produjo durante la pandemia. Síntesis de los elementos de estudio: Se realizó una caracterización de la institución y del curso donde se llevó a cabo el proceso y, posteriormente, se expuso al proceso de desarrollo de la unidad educativa (la operación ante la pandemia y el resultado de la reformulación/adaptación/implementación de la unidad educativa remota por parte de los maestros). Conclusión: Se identificaron desafíos, límites y potencialidades de este proceso, incluyendo: gestión de plataformas, calidad de conexiones y enseñanza, acceso a referencias bibliográficas, protagonismo y motivación de los estudiantes, contacto con profesionales de otras instituciones.Palabras clave: COVID-19. Enseñanza a distancia. Tecnologías de la información y la comunicación. Terapia Ocupacional.

scholarly journals The Use of ICT in Search of Quality of Teaching at the University

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nabila BEDJAOUI
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) gives another vision of language learning and provides learners a certain pleasure to deal with these languages. The current work aims at shedding light on the existing link between the use of ICT and the improvement of the quality of teaching languages at the university. We will articulate our research around the following questions: what are the implications of using ICT in the process of teaching/learning foreign languages? Does ICT provide more independence for the learner? As a hypothesis, we propose the following: ICT sharpens learners' willingness and desire to learn while facilitating their access to language and culture. It installs them in a report of independence thus favoring the acquisition of the skills. To report on this problem, we will rely on a survey conducted within the Center of Intensive Language Teaching of the University of Biskra, Algeria. We used a questionnaire, as a mean of investigation. We subjected our corpus to a quantitative analysis followed by a qualitative interpretative analysis.

scholarly journals The Higher Education Sustainability before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Spanish and Ecuadorian Case

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6363
Author(s):  
Johanna Andrea Espinosa-Navarro ◽  
Manuel Vaquero-Abellán ◽  
Alberto-Jesús Perea-Moreno ◽  
Gerardo Pedrós-Pérez ◽  
Pilar Aparicio-Martínez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Older Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perspectives ◽  
The University

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are key to create sustainable higher education institutions (HEIs). Most researchers focused on the students’ perspective, especially during the online teaching caused by COVID-19; however, university teachers are often forgotten, having their opinion missing. This study’s objective was to determine the factors that contribute to the inclusion of ICTs. The research based on a comparative study through an online qualitative survey focused on the inclusion and use of ICTs in two HEIs and two different moments (pre-and post-lockdowns). There were differences regarding country and working experience (p < 0.001), being linked to the ICTs use, evaluation of obstacles, and the role given to ICTs (p < 0.05). The COVID-19 caused modifications of the teachers’ perspectives, including an improvement of the opinion of older teachers regarding the essentialness of ICTs in the teaching process (p < 0.001) and worsening their perception about their ICTs skill (p < 0.05). Additionally, an initial model focused only on the university teachers and their use of ICTs has been proposed. In conclusion, the less experienced university teachers used more ICTs, identified more greatly the problematic factors, and considered more important the ICTs, with the perception of all teachers modified by COVID-19.

THE USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

2020 ◽  
Vol XIII (XIII) ◽  
pp. 72-77
Author(s):  
L.D. KRIVYKH ◽  
◽  
O.B. BAGRINTSEVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Foreign Language Teachers ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information And Communication

The article deals with the application of new technologies in teaching foreign languages. Substantiates the importance of the development of other forms and methods of teaching English to students of information technology disciplines. As well as drawing attention to the use of new information and communication technologies of the Internet. The article includes examples of the use of podcasts in the development of listening skills. The article is written for foreign language teachers, all interested in the methodology of teaching foreign languages, based on new technologies.

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