Use and access to ICT in students of public secondary schools in Chihuahua City, Mexico: inclusion in teaching and digital literacy

  • Javier Tarango Ortiz Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
  • José Refugio Romo González Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
  • Laura Patricia Murguía Jáquez Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
  • Gerardo Ascencio Baca Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
Keywords: tools for assessing information literacy, information literacy in public high school students, information literacy and curriculum

Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of the digital divide in students of public secondary schools at Chihuahua City, Mexico. It seeks to identify potential inequality of opportunities with regards to subjects’ access to information, knowledge and education through the ICT (internet, mobile telephony, broadband and television). The study takes three schools as investigative stage, using the survey as a data collection instrument, identifying patterns of behavior regarding: general knowledge of them, access to computer equipment and internet, and characterization of their use. Other aspects of analysis are the identification of the educational level of parents and access to technology resources available for academic and non-academic purposes in various application areas (home, school and social environment). The proposal concludes, that it is through the recollection of alternatives suggested by the teachers themselves to incorporate ICT for teaching purposes in a systematic and planned fashion, whose greatest reflection manifests in better digital literacy indicators.

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Javier Tarango Ortiz, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua

Miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) de México, Nivel I. Docente-Investigador de tiempo completo de la Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Imparte docencia en licenciatura, maestría y doctorado en las áreas de bibliotecología y educación. Es líder del cuerpo académico de Bibliotecología y Ciencias de la Información.

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Published
2013-10-07
How to Cite
Tarango Ortiz J., Romo González J. R., Murguía Jáquez L. P. y Ascencio Baca G. (2013). Use and access to ICT in students of public secondary schools in Chihuahua City, Mexico: inclusion in teaching and digital literacy. Revista Complutense de Educación, 25(1), 133-152. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RCED.2014.v25.n1.41250
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