ICT Training Perception of Professionals in Functional Diversity in Granada

Carmen Del Pilar Gallardo-Montes; María Jesús Caurcel-Cara; Emilio Crisol-Moya; Paula Peregrina-Nievas

doi:10.3390/ijerph20032064

ICT Training Perception of Professionals in Functional Diversity in Granada

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 23;20(3):2064. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032064.

Authors

Carmen Del Pilar Gallardo-Montes¹, María Jesús Caurcel-Cara², Emilio Crisol-Moya¹, Paula Peregrina-Nievas¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Didactics and School Organization, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
² Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.

Abstract

Training in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has become very valuable in the current educational panorama, given the proliferation of digital resources available in the formal and non-formal education context. Fortunately, the field of attention to diversity has also benefited from it. For this reason, it is essential that the professionals who attend to people with functional diversity have a good attitude towards them, as well as training in accordance with their requirements. The aim of this study was to analyse how professionals in Granada (Spain) perceived their ICT training. A total of 404 specialists who worked in the field of attention to diversity were interviewed. In general, participants showed a favourable opinion towards ICT but they expressed a medium-low perception of their digital training. Nevertheless, these results are encouraging, as younger teachers showed a more favourable opinion and training towards ICT. In the long term, this will be a generation that is more educated and aware of the benefits, applicability and usefulness of these resources for working with people with functional diversity.

Keywords: ICT; attention to diversity; digital training; functional diversity; perceptions; professionals.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Communication*
Humans
Information Technology*
Perception
Spain

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the Vice-Rector’s Office for Equality, Inclusion and Sustainability of University of Granada (aid for the Support and Promotion of Research on Inclusion 2022: INV-INC204-2022) and the Spanish Ministry of Education, Innovation and Universities (aid for university teacher training [FPU19/00026 and FPU21/00479]).