Perceptions of technology in education during the COVID-19 pandemic: The views of student teachers specializing in ICT
- Cristóbal Suárez-Guerrero Universitat de València https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6558-4321
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- Carmen Lloret-Catalá Universitat de València https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3366-0390
- Jorge Lizandra Universitat de València https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5599-133X
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Abstract
This study aimed to analyze the perceptions of teacher training students, specializing in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), in relation to digital technology during the COVID-19 crisis. To do so, forty-three asynchronous interviews, based on an open-ended question, were carried out with students undertaking the Bachelor’s Degree in Primary Education Teaching at the Universitat de València and specializing in ICT, during strict home confinement. The analysis shows that the participants did not have an instrumental view of technology as providing a series of solutions for the educational difficulties presented by the pandemic. Instead, they took a broad analytical view of the educational issues and the relevance of digital responses to the COVID-19 education crisis. Through the interviews, a series of alternative solutions to emergency remote education were identified and the participants endorsed an integrated vision of the function of teaching based on digital competence as a training requirement.
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