RT Journal Article
T1 Teacher and Context Factors Associated with the Educational Use of ICT: A Costa Rican Case Study
A1 Brenes Monge, Melania María
A1 Fernández Martínez, María Mar
A1 Pérez Esteban, María Dolores
A1 Carrión Martínez, José Juan
AB This paper studies the factors that influence the progress of teachers in Costa Rica withregards to their educational use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in teachingand learning processes with their students. It addresses both the analysis of factors related to thefigure of the teacher, their professional profile, and other factors that are external to them and arerelated to the context in which they practice. A qualitative method involving a case study of seventeachers was selected according to relevant and maximum variation sampling based on expert criteria.The information was collected utilizing in-depth interviews and systematic observation. The analysisof the information was based on the qualitative data analysis software program ATLAS.ti. The resultshighlight two categories of factors, those of the teacher, such as vocation, beliefs, teaching model,desire for personal fulfillment, or personal issues, and those of context, such as technical support andsupport of the management structure of the school, with more significant influence on the processes ofappropriation and use of ICT in teaching practices of those factors linked to the teachers themselves.
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050
YR 2020
FD 2020-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19529
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19529
LA eng
NO Brenes Monge, M. M., Fernández Martínez, M. del M., Pérez Esteban, M. D., & Carrión Martínez, J. J. (2020). Teacher and Context Factors Associated with the Educational Use of ICT: A Costa Rican Case Study. Sustainability, 12(23), 10170. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su122310170
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026