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T1 Usage of ICT among Social Educators—An Analysis of Current Practice in Spain
A1 Martínez Pérez, Alejandro
A1 Lezcano Barbero, Fernando
A1 Zabaleta González, Rebeca
A1 Casado Muñoz, Raquel
K1 Social education
K1 Digital competence
K1 Non formal education
K1 Educación
K1 Education
AB The objective of this study is to identify the usage of ICT tools among social educators within their professional activity. Technology among social educators is currently a very up-to-date topic. This is a professional group with its own characteristics that are different from those of teachers or other professionals in formal education. A mixed sequential two-phase method was proposed for the study: both quantitative and qualitative. In the first phase, the EdSocEval_V2 questionnaire was applied to a sample of 504 social educators from 17 autonomous communities. In the second phase, four focus groups were formed. The results presented reduced and basic usage of ICT: in management and administrative tasks and for communication with conventional tools. The COVID-19 pandemic has likewise increased the need for the use of ICT in socio-educational interventions, although their use for intervention among these groups is still very scarce. Training in and raising awareness of ICT among professionals for social interventions are priorities, as is the construction of a referential framework for professional training.
PB MDPI
SN 2227-7102
YR 2023
FD 2023-02
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/8304
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/8304
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 24-nov-2024