COMPETENCIAS BÁSICAS QUE POSEE EL DOCENTE DE MATEMÁTICA EN EL ÁMBITO DE LAS TECNOLOGÍAS DE INFORMACIÓN Y COMUNICACIÓN (TIC) EN EDUCACIÓN MEDIA TÉCNICA DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR Nº 4 DE GUACARA

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to describe basic skills developed by a Mathematics teacher in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) from the Sarramona’s point of view. The study is descriptive and a non-experimental field design. The population was constituted by twenty five (25) mathematics teachers at the Technical Secondary Education, and the sample by nineteen (19) of those subjects. The instrument was a questionnaire of 87 Likert items, validated through the experts’ opinions and whose reliability was 0.87, indicating highreliability. Results show teachers are competent in knowledge of the basics of computer, with an average of 3.51 points, and so they are, in the use of ICTs with an average of 3.38 points which reveal a low level of competence. But, theaverage of 3.69 in teachers’ attitude indicates they have a high level of competence. Thus, teachers are encouraged to deepen their ICT knowledgeand its use in the educational environment.