Teaching Digital Skills Study at Middle and Higher Level in Chiapas, Mexico

Volume 7, Issue 9, September – 2022 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology
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Teaching Digital Skills: Study at Middle and

Higher Level in Chiapas, Mexico
Flor Ivett Reyes Guillén Orlando Uriel Bravo Argüello
Facultad de Ciencias Sociales Facultad de Derecho
Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Socorro Fonseca Córdoba

Facultad de Ciencias Sociales
Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Abstract:- This article shows the results of an Without a doubt, in a short time there will be studies that will
investigation carried out in Chiapas, Mexico, a state with consider, at a global and regional level, the reduced costs of
high marginalization and with a population living in working from home and the social benefits for it.
poverty and extreme poverty. The context is necessary
given that the main objective was to know the digital In this need to change behaviors, habits, we bring to the
competences of teachers at the upper secondary and present the theory of reflection, which expresses that the
higher levels. It was at the beginning of this century (XXI) learning activity pursues information capacity and the
when a new line of work emerged in the training field, generation of knowledge that allows forming habits (Israel,
aimed at incorporating ICTs in educational systems 2004). The formation of habits is an element that is pursued
through even new curricular designs. Teachers were as a preventive way and to reduce infections by Latin
expected to be prepared, but two decades later there is a American governments in the face of the pandemic, which
reality where the basic level of knowledge about ICT aims to reduce economic costs and increase health care
management is insufficient. capacity. Even though the populations show a great capacity
to understand, judge and transmit information regarding the
Keywords:- Digital Skills, Education, High School, And disease, the action measures of the population are deficient,
University Professor. and this is reflected in their contagion, morbidity, and
mortality figures.
I. INTRODUCTION
Within this reality, the use of technologies for most
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant that since 2020 the economic activities and services plays a preponderant role
world has been digitized with unprecedented speed. In the guaranteeing, through the digitalization of work, the
world of education, a digitization of processes had been protection of human rights by providing public services,
taking place with some resistance from the teaching education, prevention, and health care. The populations were
community at the different educational levels. protected, and the current generation is being educated for a
life that demands self-care and the safety of human
Given the confinement mechanisms in various populations.
countries, it has left the virtual modality as the only way not
to interrupt academic activities. This, however, has caused The paternalistic factor of governments is a crucial
teachers at all levels and especially at the upper secondary and element to understand that, from social cognition, the
higher levels, who worked in face-to-face modality, to have resolution of any event must be resolved solely by the
many difficulties when abruptly switching to a relatively new government, ignoring individual responsibilities (Morales
modality for them, accentuating the concern of authorities and and Prego, 2002); but today, for the humanity of 2020, it is
teachers themselves about their digital skills. necessary to resolve the situation from each one for all and
from all for each one, guaranteeing the involvement of society
At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of this and government to open new development options.
21st century, before the COVID-19 pandemic began, there
was still discussion about ways to introduce the world to the The forced use of technologies and the digitization of
use of technologies that would make us produce more quickly work generates several questions, among them, what are the
and reduce the times and including costs (Blanco, 2020; digital skills that high school and higher-level teachers have
Álvarez and Harris, 2020). The contagion prevention in Chiapas?
measures used by most countries, healthy distance, and social
confinement, have been factors that led to the dominance of
technologies to continue human activities from home.
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Based on the above, this document presents the results the teaching work since it is not enough to transmit
of a research project on the digital skills of teachers at the knowledge in traditional chairs, but to educate requires the
upper secondary and higher levels in Chiapas. manifestation of multiple competences, among them the
digital ones (Morales, 2013), that although in confinement
II. METHODS due to the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated its use, it is also
true that it showed us its potential for the world and the
This study was conducted from Chiapas, Mexico, framework of this technological reality. But it also made
through an online survey, through Google forms, in Spanish. evident the lack of teaching skills for these educational
It remained on the platform until the sample reached a size of practices using ICT (Sánchez, et al, 2021).
n= 350 participants. The questionnaire was structured
according to the need to gather information regarding the Although the findings in this study show us that there is
digital skills that high school and higher-level teachers not total ignorance in the use of technologies, maintaining a
consider they have. The only selection criterion for the sample basic level of digital skills in high school and higher-level
was to be a high school and high school teacher in Chiapas. teachers requires attention. This is also undoubtedly a reality
that results from the frank resistance to change, a specific
III. DISSCUTION change in the inclusion of technologies in the educational
environment.
It is interesting to find that the area of specialization
with the highest percentage of teachers is social sciences This reality was glimpsed from the first years of the
(54%), followed by natural sciences (15%) and mathematics current century, when a new line of work emerged in the
(13%), the remaining percentage (18%) corresponds to training field, oriented to the incorporation of ICT in
various disciplines such as physics, English teaching, educational systems through even new curricular designs
physical education, Spanish. (Colás and Pons, 2004). Teachers were expected to be
prepared, but two decades later there is a reality where the
In terms of digital skills, we have: basic level of knowledge about ICT management is
 Browsing, searching, and filtering information, data, and insufficient.
digital content: Only 10% say they know how to use
advanced mechanisms for searching and filtering reliable IV. CONCLUSION
information. The majority (69%) know how to navigate
the Internet and locate information or digital educational The activities today structured and carried out virtually
resources in different reliable formats; but generally. The require us not to stop and guarantee permanently active social,
rest (21%) know that the internet can be a good source of economic, educational, and cultural life. In general, around
information, but do not know how to find reliable 70% of the teachers who participated in the study have basic
academic information. digital skills; the remaining 30% consider that they have
 Evaluation of information, data, and digital content: extensive knowledge in ICT management and allow them to
Evaluates the quality of the educational resources found share information through digital media, platforms and even
on the Internet, through clear procedures, 38% of the programming of specific tools for their teaching work.
sample. The rest know that there is a lot of information;
but they only perform a basic evaluation of it. The foregoing reveals that teachers, at the upper
 Storage and retrieval of information, data, and digital secondary and higher levels, need to advance from basic
content: 54% recognize that they have basic skills for it; digital skills to the intermediate and advanced levels, since we
but they feel able to organize their resources. On the other are currently experiencing a process of technological with
hand, 46% acknowledge having skills that allow them to greater speed in educational processes. Therefore, higher
save, label and store in their unit, as well as in the cloud, education teachers require this type of knowledge, skills, and
the information they need for their job performance in abilities, which can be achieved through continuing education
teaching. courses.
 Interaction through digital technologies: 65% carry out
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