El docente de educación inicial ante el reto de las competencias tecnológicas

Abstract

The objective of this research arises from the need to know and describe the competencies and use that early education teachers make of ICT in their praxis, as a tool within the teaching and learning process. Oriented as a case study report, specifically of the “Los Hijos de María Auxiliadora” School, Coro headquarters, carrying out the approach through two meetings with teachers from the initial education area of the Institution who provided relevant data, referring to the scarce use of information and communication technologies (ICT) by School staff; The participant observation technique was initially used, because one of the researchers works within the institution; followed by a semi-structured interview script, applied to three key informants. The analysis of the interviews reveals that the teachers under study are at a disadvantage when it comes to the use of ICT, which represents a serious limitation for teaching practice. Among the recommendations, a training plan is proposed for teaching staff in the use of digital tools, the design of educational software, among others, with the objective of updating the use of innovative technological strategies that allow effective implementation in the educational environment learning in question.