Abstract

REY, Elena Fernández; PEREZ, Miguel Ángel Nogueira  and  SANTALLA, Ana Isabel Couce. El uso de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación en la Orientación Educativa: explorando la familiaridad y preparación de los profesionales del ámbito en España. Rev. Mex. Orient. Educ. [online]. 2013, vol.10, n.24, pp. 45-57. ISSN 1665-7527.

From the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and in the framework of the European research project "ICT Skills for Guidance Counselors" an exploratory study has been made whose main objective was to analyze the impact of Information Technology and (ICT) in the field of Educational Guidance, emphasizing the collective perspectives of counselors on the use of these tools. The empirical study has followed a combined methodology: quantitative, based on a survey of school counselors in active and subsequent descriptive and comparative analysis of the data, qualitative, through interviews with professionals and experts in the field of guidance. The results have revealed that counselors were perceived, in general, unfamiliar and prepared for the use of technological tools in the specific performance of their professional field. This view was shared by the experts interviewed, who indicated that the main factor causing the low and mismatched training offered in this area since the competent education authorities.

Keywords : Educational Guidance; Information Technology and Communication; Training; School Counselors.

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