Teacher attitudes towards curriculum integration of digital press in school centers of Compulsory Education

Abstract

With this study we aim to know the attitude of the teaching staff towards curriculum integration of digital press in school centers of Compulsory Education, as part of a process of media and digital literacy necessary for communication and teaching in the xxi century. This research presents a descriptive approach. We are also interested in finding out how a series of personal, academic and institutional variables influence the opinions of teaching staff. With respect to the sample, it is made up of 601 teachers, and data has been compiled through our own questionnaire with eight open questions; out of which a content analysis has been carried out using the software Atlas.ti 7. Results conclude that most of teaching staff has a favourable opinion of digital press and it is considered a material that can be used as a teaching tool almost in every subject of Compulsory Education and for a wide and varied range of activities. Teachers see that the critical and guiding ability and the self-taught spirit are some of the advantages to teach with these means. Although some weak points are also identified, especially referred to the lack of technological resources available in schools and the need for specific training schemes in the use of digital platforms. Finally, answering to the study implications, this diagnosis about the current relation between the school center and the digital press is presented as a reference framework for the start-up of teaching actions that allow for a quality media education in the Net.

Keywords

• internet
• medios de comunicación
• actitudes docentes
• alfabetización mediática
• educación obligatoria