scholarly journals Digital Competence of University Teachers of Social and Legal Sciences from a Gender Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 806
Author(s):  
Sergio Cored Bandrés ◽  
Marta Liesa Orús ◽  
Sandra Vázquez Toledo ◽  
Cecilia Latorre Cosculluela ◽  
Silvia Anzano Oto

Higher Education institutions must respond to the major challenges posed by the technological transformations of recent years. For this, one of the key aspects is that the teachers working in them are trained to incorporate these technologies in teaching–learning processes, which requires them to be digitally competent. To analyse how gender relates to the level of competence of teachers, the types of ICT tools that they use, and their attitudes towards their implementation in teaching–learning processes, this quantitative research was carried out with the participation of 121 university teachers from the Autonomous Community of Aragon, all of them from the area of Social and Legal Sciences. The results show a differentiated profile between men and women in terms of their attitudes, beliefs, and self-perception regarding their management skills and effectiveness.

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-34
Author(s):  
Abatar Subedi

This paper intends to analyze perceptions of students and teachers towards the semester system of Tribhuvan University (TU). The result of the study is based on the data collected through survey questionnaire from 40 university teachers and 194 master level students. The perception is discussed in terms of learning environment, resources, use of ICT tools, contents and activities. The findings show that the perception of teachers and students towards curriculum, teaching/learning environment, and regularity of classes and viability of semester system are in positive direction. However, the availability of learning resources and use of ICT tools in day to day teaching/learning are not in satisfactory way in the perception of the participants. Their perceptions also reveal that facilities of extra-curricular activities, play grounds and canteen are inadequate. Similarly, the teachers and students perceive that availability of both human and academic resources is inadequate. The students experience show that there is teacher domination in selection of teaching methods; less use of ICT materials to promote learning; difficulty in completing courses in the stipulated time and not timely declaring exam result. However, this system has encouraged and empowered creativity among students for learning.


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (3 Noviembr) ◽  
pp. 255-274
Author(s):  
Natália Lopes ◽  
Anabela Gomes

En una sociedad en la que las tecnologías poseen cada vez mayor relevancia, son varios los argumentos que justifican su integración en la escuela. Efectivamente, el uso de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación surge como una gran y valiosa posibilidad de cambio, ofreciendo al proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje un nuevo soporte. Parece evidente que su uso constituye un hecho inevitable al que ningún docente debería permanecer indiferente. Esta es la finalidad del artículo, al preocuparse por la importancia de utilizar las TIC en el contexto de prácticum. Para ello, se presenta un relato de diez seminarios de practicum realizados en la Universidad de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Portugal), con futuros/as profesores/as de diferentes áreas de enseñanza básica y su potencial formativo. En este contexto, se recurre al uso de diferentes tecnologías para presentar herramientas susceptibles de ser usadas en las aulas,mostrar su utilidad en la futura práctica pedagógica y dejar indicadores para que los futuros docentes pudiesen elaborar materiales pedagógicos digitales capaces de responder a sus intenciones didácticas y, también, a los ambientes de aprendizaje que crean conforme a sus características y estilos de aprendizaje. Se concluye con una reflexión sobre la pertinencia de estos seminarios y la utilidad de las TIC en el contexto del prácticum. In a society in which technologies have increasing relevance, there are several arguments for their inclusion in school. Indeed, the use of Information and Communication Technology emerges as a great and valuable possibility of change, a new support of teaching-learning processes. It seems clear that its use constitutes an unavoidable fact to which no teacher should remain indifferent. This is the purpose of this article which focuses on the importance of ICT in the context of practicum placements. To this extent, we describe 10 seminars about practicum placements in the Trás-os-Montes y Alto Douro University (Portugal), with future teachers of elementary education. During these seminars some ICT tools were presented so that students could check how they could use those tools in their lessons, show their usefulness in their future teaching and leave advice on how future teachers might elaborate digital pedagogical materials which respond to their educational intentions and to different learning environments according to learning characteristics and styles. It concludes by highlighting the relevance of these seminars and the usefulness of ICT in the context of practicum placements.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 5339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Liesa-Orús ◽  
Cecilia Latorre-Cosculluela ◽  
Sandra Vázquez-Toledo ◽  
Verónica Sierra-Sánchez

To consider that some quality teaching-learning processes in the Higher Education is practically unthinkable without the use of technology, especially because of its impact in developing the necessary skills and abilities for the 21st century. (1) Background: One of the initial steps to successfully approach this challenge is to analyze how university professors consider that ICTs can contribute to developing skills and abilities in their students. In this regard, their perceptions are one of the factors that will limit the use they make of these tools. (2) Method: For this reason, a quantitative research has been designed in which 345 university professors have participated for different branches of knowledge of one Spanish university. (3) Results: Among the most relevant results, we can highlight that the professors recognize the potentials of the ICTs and consider they have a positive effect on learning and development of 21st century skills in their students. These benefits are seen in different fields like communication, collaboration, and critical thinking, among others. Likewise, the importance of the technology culture teaching role is outstanding. (4) Conclusions: Finally, the need for integration of ICTs in a pedagogical model in which professor training in digital skills acquires relevance is shown.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 6134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verónica Marín-Díaz ◽  
Irma Riquelme ◽  
Julio Cabero-Almenara

The use of the ICT in university learning processes is linked to their use by the educator. This aspect will determine the use of some resources over others, and consequently, the prevalence of some methodologies over others. The main objective of this work is to determine the use of the ICT by university educators, and from this, to determine which elements will define the design of a training program on the use of the ICT. For this, and with the use of an ex post facto method with a sample of n = 1113 subjects, the main result obtained was that the male professors utilized the digital tools more often for their teaching tasks. Furthermore, those with less professional experience preferred to use tools found in the cloud. Thus, it is concluded that the model of training observed from the demonstrated use of digital resources is linked to the preoccupation of education professionals for caring for the digital environment, and this model should be designed as a function of the methodologies and the system of evaluations utilized by the professors.


Author(s):  
Inmaculada Gómez-Hurtado

This chapter presents a study carried out to describe and determine the relevance of the Facebook network as a tool for development of the teaching-learning processes in the teacher-training classroom, and knowledge of the same for use in a research model. This study is based on an analysis of the latest research on the use of social networks in higher education to describe an experiment performed in a group of future primary teachers at a Spanish university in which Facebook was used as a resource to improve the teaching-learning processes. The outcomes point towards a positive evaluation of Facebook as a resource for the creation of collaborative learning communities, improving teaching-learning processes, knowledge construction and social learning, the classroom climate, tutoring among peers and with faculty, foreign-language practice, and digital competence. Among the initial conclusions, the authors highlight the need to demonstrate tools like Facebook to student teachers to ensure their appropriate professional and personal development.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 689
Author(s):  
José María Fernández-Batanero ◽  
Pedro Román-Graván ◽  
Marta Montenegro-Rueda ◽  
Eloy López-Meneses ◽  
José Fernández-Cerero

Higher education is one of the educational stages most affected by digital technologies, whose constant development has produced a favourable atmosphere for new approaches regarding the teaching–learning processes. The aim of the study was to identify the most relevant findings that specialists have analysed in terms of the digital competences of university teachers, through the analysis of the scientific production of the specialised literature in the last decade (2009–2019). A search was carried out on the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases following the guidelines of the PRISMA statement (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses). After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the sample was made up of 20 articles. The main findings show the low level of digital competence among teachers and the need for training in both technological and pedagogical areas.


ZDM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Rezat

AbstractOne of the most prevalent features of digital mathematics textbooks, compared to traditional ones, is the provision of automated feedback on students’ solutions. Since feedback is regarded as an important factor that influences learning, this is often seen as an affordance of digital mathematics textbooks. While there is a large body of mainly quantitative research on the effectiveness of feedback in general, very little is known about how feedback actually affects students’ individual content specific learning processes and conceptual development. A theoretical framework based on Rabardel’s theory of the instrument and Vergnaud’s theory of conceptual fields is developed to study qualitatively how feedback actually functions in the learning process. This framework was applied in a case study of two elementary school students’ learning processes when working on a probability task from a German 3rd grade digital textbook. The analysis allowed detailed reconstruction of how students made sense of the information provided by the feedback and adjusted their behavior accordingly. This in-depth analysis unveiled that feedback does not necessarily foster conceptual development in the desired way, and a correct solution does not always coincide with conceptual understanding. The results point to some obstacles that students face when working individually on tasks from digital mathematics textbooks with automated feedback, and indicate that feedback needs to be developed in design-based research cycles in order to yield the desired effects.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1356336X2098588
Author(s):  
Jonas Wibowo ◽  
Ben Dyson

In this article, we focus on the contingency between learning and instruction in physical education (PE). We argue that the complex interconnectedness of teachers’ instruction and students’ learning processes should be studied using a unit of analysis that expresses the relationship between the two factors. A contingency perspective foregrounds the individual differences between different learners and how a teacher regards these differences. Furthermore, it has the potential to provide a precise lens for empirical research on how the students’ situations shape the evolution of the teaching--learning process. Based on scaffolding research and adaptive teaching research, which draws on socio-constructivist foundations, we call this unit of analysis ‘contingency’. We outline a framework of research that suggests depicting contingency dimensions, respective instructional continua, and contingency rules when investigating contingency in PE. Furthermore, autonomy as a core contingency dimension for PE and methodological issues will be discussed.


2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 394-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco José Fernández Cruz ◽  
Inmaculada Egido Gálvez ◽  
Rafael Carballo Santaolalla

Purpose Quality management systems are being used more frequently in educational institutions, although their application has generated a certain amount of disagreement among education experts, who have at times questioned their suitability and usefulness for improving schools. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to this discussion by providing additional knowledge on the effects in educational institutions of implementing quality management systems. Specifically, this study investigates teachers’ and managers’ perception of the impact that quality management systems have on one essential dimension of schools, the teaching–learning processes, with impact being understood as sustained medium- and long-term organisational change. Design/methodology/approach The responses were analysed and classified into a set of sub-dimensions linked to quality management processes in a total of 29 Spanish primary and secondary education schools that have used such systems for at least three years. Findings The results showed that, according to the respondents, the following sub-dimensions were improving as a result of implementing quality management plans: teaching and learning processes, the analysis of student results, tutoring, consideration of attitudes and values and assessment processes. Conversely, quality management systems did not seem to have a clear impact on the teaching methodologies used by teachers or on family involvement in student learning. In fact, the perceived impact in these sub-dimensions varied among teachers of public and private schools as well as when comparing different regional autonomous communities. Originality/value As the main objective of a school is to guarantee student learning, one of the essential purposes of school quality assurance systems is to perform all the activities aimed at ensuring high levels of student performance.


2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 401-424
Author(s):  
Pamela E. Barnett ◽  
Linda C. Hodges

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