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ICT in portuguese secondary schools: from resistance to innovation
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El artículo adopta una perspectiva organizacional los modos e intensidades diferentes de implementación de las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (TIC) en doce escuelas secundarias portuguesas. Un ambicioso Plan Tecnológico para la Educación ha generado cambios significativos en las escuelas públicas en los últimos años. Sin embargo, las respuestas de directores, docentes y alumnos en estas escuelas, complementados por los informes de evaluación externa, demuestran que los recursos, estrategias y usos pedagógicos de las TIC varían enormemente entre escuelas, desafiando el principio constitucional de la igualdad de oportunidades. La investigación ha identificado tres categorías de escuelas con relación a este dominio: innovadoras, ambivalentes y tradicionales. Liderazgo, coordinación tecnológica, identidad de escuela, cooperación entre departamentos y acuerdos con organizaciones del entorno son señalados como factores clave para explicar el alto grado de diversidad. El artículo concluye con una perspectiva de las implicaciones de estos resultados, tanto para la investigación como para las políticas públicas.
There is a strong consensus on how central Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), especially computers and the Internet, are for virtually all dimensions of contemporary society – oftencalled the information or network society – includingthe economy, culture, and politics. However,the introduction of ICT and its effective use in schools have been slow and face complex challenges all over the world. In Portugal, a major Technological Plan for Education was implemented since 2007, which has been partially funded by the European Union. Its goal is to place Portugal among the most advanced countries in world in terms of implementation of ICT in state schools. The Planlaidout ambitious goals, including a ratio of two students per computer, the availability of high-speed broadband in all primary and secondary schools across the country, and ensuring that 90 per cent of teachers have ICT certification.2
There is a strong consensus on how central Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), especially computers and the Internet, are for virtually all dimensions of contemporary society – oftencalled the information or network society – includingthe economy, culture, and politics. However,the introduction of ICT and its effective use in schools have been slow and face complex challenges all over the world. In Portugal, a major Technological Plan for Education was implemented since 2007, which has been partially funded by the European Union. Its goal is to place Portugal among the most advanced countries in world in terms of implementation of ICT in state schools. The Planlaidout ambitious goals, including a ratio of two students per computer, the availability of high-speed broadband in all primary and secondary schools across the country, and ensuring that 90 per cent of teachers have ICT certification.2
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ICT learning with ICT in Portugal organizaciones tecnología liderazgo políticas públicas
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Abrantes, Pedro, Alves, Nuno de Almeida, Dias, Paulo Coelho, & Rodrigues, Carla F. (2013). ICT in Portuguese Secondary Schools: From Resistance to Innovation, Revista de la Asociación de Sociologia de la Educación. Vol 6 (2), pp. 259-273. ISSN 1988-7302.
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Revista de la Asociación de Sociologia de la Educación