Opinions and intentions of future child and teacher educators on ICT ; Opiniones e intenciones de futuros educadores infantiles y maestros sobre la integración de las TIC en su práctica profesional ; Opiniões e intenções de futuros educadores de infância/professores sobre a integração das tic na sua prática profissional

The aim of this research is to understand the opinion of future kindergarten and primary teachers about their computer skills and their intentions in integrating ICT with their professional practice. For this purpose a questionnaire was distributed to 52 students in their 2nd year of degree in Elementary Education, at an institution of higher education located in the district of Lisbon. This survey resulted from the merger of two questionnaires from different researches that shared common goals with our study. We found that all students consider themselves very competent in using a computer, their opinion is that the computer is an important tool and an asset to the children's learning and teaching process and intend to introduce its use in their future practice.Assuming that perceptions influence intentions and these influence behavior, and according to the results of this research, these future teachers have a good perception of ICT, as are considered very competent in the use of computer; intend to use ICT in their professional future practice. We'll see if these perceptions and intentions will influence the behavior of these future teachers, in introducing ICT in their future practices as they claim. ; A través de esta investigación hemos querido conocer la opinión de los futuros educadores infantiles y profesores de sus conocimientos de informática y sus intenciones de integrar las TIC en su futura práctica profesional. Para esto un cuestionario fue distribuido a los 52 alumnos del segundo año de la licenciatura en Educación Básica, en una institución de educación superior ubicada en el distrito de Lisboa. Se encontró que todos los estudiantes se consideran muy competentes en el uso del ordenador, su opinión es que el ordenador es una herramienta importante y una ventaja para el aprendizaje de los niños y lo quieren utilizar en sus prácticas futuras. Suponiendo que las percepciones influyen las intenciones y éstas influyen en el comportamiento, y de acuerdo con los resultados de esta investigación, estos ...