Dilemas y desafíos de la tecnología educativa en el eees: Percepciones y creencias de futuros maestros

Abstract

The European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has been the last frame of reference for the adaptation and revision of the new university degrees. After its implementation is important to explore the changes that this new proposal suppose. It is necessary to inquire into how the training of future teachers is working and how they are configured professionally for the exercise of teaching. This work, framed within a larger project, shows the beliefs and perceptions of the students of the Primary Teacher's Degree of the University of Santiago de Compostela about the place of Educational Technology in training. The deepening in this line allows to understand the construction of the professional knowledge during the initial stage of training. It is a qualitative research that gathers data through the different courses of the degree, combining complementary qualitative techniques as stories, discussion groups and in-depth interviews. The analysis highlighted the students' beliefs in the line of Educational Technology, pointing out deficiencies in both teaching and learning processes, as well as contradictions between what was established and what was really put into practice. It clearly describes an unfavorable context to develop the changes promoted by the new proposals.