Therapeutic Pedagogy and use of ICT. A segmentation analysis in Castilla-La Mancha

Abstract

The current digital context has involved an intense digital literacy of all teachers, which has required a significant modification in conventional teacher profiles. In the case of teachers specializing in therapeutic pedagogy who work with students with special educational needs, digitalization has been a challenge. Such changes have required equipping new skills to transform information into knowledge, guide the teaching-learning process in a novel environment and generate a space for educational inclusion. The objective of this research is to identify the profiles of professionals specializing in Therapeutic Pedagogy in the educational field of Castilla-La Mancha in the use of ICT, from a cluster analysis of latent classes. The analysis has allowed to identify five profiles that are the following: a) teachers enthusiastic with ICT, b) apathetic teachers before ICT, c) teachers disinterested in ICT, d) PRO-TIC teachers and, d) teachers critical of the use of ICT. The results obtained provide valuable information on the demographic, geographical, valorative and attitudinal characteristics of the teaching staff specializing in Therapeutic Pedagogy, contributing to an improvement in the design of training activities and to a more efficient training planning that guarantees an effective use of ICT in the classrooms as instruments of inclusion of students with special educational needs.