Digital competences in teachers in the teaching of Physical Education

Abstract

Education Education has been evolving, from the traditional school with blackboard and chalk, to classrooms equipped with technology, however, despite the importance of the use of technological tools, there is little use of digital resources by the physical education teacher, which is not they make efficient use of existing tools on the market. The objective of the research is to determine the digital competences that teachers apply for the teaching of Physical Education at the Upper Basic and Baccalaureate levels of the Replica Manta Educational Unit. An investigation is carried out with a qualitative-quantitative approach, descriptive type, with a sample of eight physical education teachers. The results reveal that teachers are unaware of the range of available tools, state that they almost never and never apply digital skills, recognize the importance of using technological tools and show interest in learning about this topic, in the same way, as a recommendation. The general guidelines of a pedagogical adaptation guide for the development of digital competences in teachers in the teaching of Physical Education were outlined.

Keywords: Digital skills; Technological tools; Physical education.