Analysis of the LOE and LOMCE in relation to ICT. TIC para la Enseñanza de la Lengua Extranjera

Julia Padial Martín 01/01/2014

ICT in LOE

In this law one of the Educative Objectives related to ICTs is “guaranteeing the access

to Information and Communication Technologies”.

In the objectives of Primary Education one of them says that “Children have to start to

use the ICTs in learning, developing their critical sense about the information they

receive and produce”.

Related to the teacher training, it says that the use of ICTs is promoted by the

establishment of specific training programs.

In relation to the material provided by the administration to public schools, the law says

that “schools will have available any technological infrastructure needed to guarantee

the incorporation of ICTs to the educative process. The educative administrations have

to provide these services and make easy the relation between public schools and their

context.”

It also says that “the Educative Administrations should provide the necessary resources

to guarantee the establishment of reinforcement learning programs about ICTs.”

ICT in LOMCE

The new law of education refers to ICTs by saying that “globalization and the impact of

new technologies make a difference in the way children learn”.

The ICTs are one of the three aspects in which this law is focused because they are very

important to change the educative system.

There is a section that refers to ICTs and says that “technology define education because

it allows a universal and personalized learning”.

“ICT will allow the personalization and the adaptation to the needs of each student.

Moreover, on the one hand it will allow the support and reinforcement of students with

needs, and on the other hand it will allow expanding the knowledge transmitted in the

classroom.”

“Using ICTs students will be able to access to many educative resources”.

“ICTs will introduce a methodological change that will lead to the goal of improving

the educative quality”.

“The responsible use of these new technologies by students must be present throughout

the educative system”.

Related to the teacher training the law says that “the ICTs will be a tool in teacher’s

training and long life training” and it also says that “it will be worked in every subject

of the curriculum”.

Finally, in relation to the Administrations, it says that “the Administrations must provide

virtual learning environments at schools to make easier to apply educative plans

designed for teachers”

Summing up we can say that New Technologies are an important element in our lives,

so they must be included in education because it is necessary to prepare our students to

face this modern society.

ICTs also provides many resources in order to use them in our classroom and allows

students to find learning resources through the Internet.

Thanks to ICTs, teachers can also share information and resources with other teachers in

many places of the world, since they can use social networks or blogs. ICTs also make

interesting the learning process and they are a way of motivation for students. For that

it’s necessary that teachers have knowledge about ICTs and different devices but to get

that, Educative Administrations should provide different tools and devices.