Digital competence in secondary basic education students:

: Analysis for the appropriation of ICT in a suburban area of Mexico

Abstract

Because new technologies have become a central element of the teaching and learning processes that occur at different educational and social levels, this type of research is important, the study of which aims to determine the conditions of literacy and digital skills in a group of third-grade secondary school students in the municipality of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. Applying a mixed methodological model, information is collected through a questionnaire structured in categories that respond to a series of criteria to be met regarding competencies in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). The instrument is applied in different stages that allow identifying aspects susceptible to change and that give rise to its adaptation according to the characteristics of the research context. The results obtained from this exercise were analyzed through the use of specialized statistical software, along with an observation process of the subjects involved that is contrasted with the analysis of documents considered relevant to the investigation and the fulfillment of its objectives. With the data obtained in these stages, the levels of access, use and appropriation of ICT are analyzed, from which it is deduced that the habits of use and consumption of this type of resources are oriented towards socialization and consultation. of information in a superficial way without implying a true appropriation of ICT. These results allow us to develop a proposed graduation profile in terms of digital skills for students who complete secondary education.