Informational Literacy And Information And Communication Technologies Use By Secondary Education Students In Spain: A Descriptive Study

  1. Ma Jose Rodríguez Conde 1
  2. Susana Olmos Migueláñez 1
  3. Maria Pinto Molina 2
  4. Fernando Martinez Abad 1
  5. Blanca Garcia Riaza 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

  2. 2 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

Revue:
Contemporary Issues in Education Research (CIER)

ISSN: 1940-5847 1941-756X

Année de publication: 2011

Volumen: 4

Número: 4

Pages: 1

Type: Article

DOI: 10.19030/CIER.V4I4.4162 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccès ouvert editor

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Résumé

Informational literacy and the use of technologies by Secondary Education students in Spain: A descriptive study. The development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), together with their application to research carried out on educational areas, are factors which contribute to the promotion of a new educative model constructed on literacy-based competences and skills, and which sets technologies as essential tools for a life-long learning process (Unesco, 2005). This is the framework where we can insert the research that we are currently carrying out, funded by the research Program I+D+I of the Spanish Ministry of Education, and in the frame of which we are developing a diagnostic assessment of informational literacy competence in students between 14 and 16 years (Secondary Education), based on the fact that one of the main aspects in knowledge generation and acquisition is the capacity to use information extracted from documents and electronic resources, available in informational networks in a correct way. In this paper we present the results obtained from evidences on the contrast existing between the level of use of technologies (videogames, social networks...) and the level of informational literacy shown by students. The data were gathered from a sample of more than 1000 Secondary Education students who are around 15 years old.