Configuraciones escolares y TIC en la educación media

Abstract

Programa Conectar Igualdad (Connect Equality Program) originated at the end of 2010. Its design aimed at the application of the Program in high schools, vocational and technical schools, special schools and teachers’ training institutions. The objective of this paper is to show some of the findings of the qualitative assessment process of the Program carried out in three provinces in Argentina: La Pampa, Río Negro and Neuquén. This assessment allowed seeing emerging school configurations with the introduction and constant presence of the Program. Two dimensions studied in the research will be described: the school as a place to access to symbolic and technological products, and the school reorganization regarding its technological resources and spaces since the introduction of the Program. The research included the assessment of data collected in seven schools of each of the three provinces. The qualitative data collections techniques used were: semistructured interviews to different social actors of the school community, focal groups and observations in to the classroom. The conclusions of this project are a tool for the assessment and the redesigning of public policies of ICT and education inclusion.