Abstract

ESCOBAR, Máximo; SANHUEZA, Susan  and  FRIZ, Miguel. Use of Technological Strategies in Education: A Comparison of Biology and Physical Education. RMIE [online]. 2018, vol.23, n.77, pp.483-504. ISSN 1405-6666.

The purpose of this article is to observe the evolution of information and communication technology (ICT) in the field of education, while exploring a basic discipline such as biology with respect to an applied and preferably social discipline such as physical education. To attain this objective, 120 abstracts from three specialized journals were reviewed. Use was made of a mixed focus with content analysis, through the construction of a research agenda that incorporated the analysis of documents, content of discourse, tabulation of topic frequency, and the synthesis of the findings obtained from the analyzed matrix. The starting assumption was that recent generations of students have contingent learning experiences that will progressively condition teachers and stimulate them to modify their teaching strategies and update their knowledge through ICT, to reflect progressive use. The results indicate a low tendency to use these technologies. By comparing two areas of disciplinary specialization in education, we concluded that the use of ICT may be underestimated since dependencies on paradigmatic frameworks are stronger than methodological updates.

Keywords : teaching; biology; physical education; information and communication technology; analysis of content.