La comunidad de docentes de nivel secundaria en México como usuarios de la información documental

Abstract

This paper presents an outlook on the research projects regarding the study of information needs and the information search process of high school teachers. Moreover, this paper initially describes some quantitative indicators, such as time, geographic distribution, thematic areas, types of information sources, methods, study strategies or tools, and language. Secondly, it presents the content of the research developed. Additionally, it discloses the objects of study that show the trends identified in the research projects, from the decade in which they started to be conducted until the present day, in order to determine the most researched phase: information needs or information behavior. Finally, some general considerations are presented as conclusions.

Keywords

• Necesidades de información
• Comportamiento informativo
• Profesores de nivel secundaria
• Profesores de enseñanza secundaria