Las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación como Herramienta para el Desarrollo de la Educación Religiosa Escolar en el Grado Séptimo del Colegio San José de Bogotá

Abstract

This research work analyzes the influence of Information and Communication Technologies used by children and adolescents within the school formation processes, specifically in the area of Religious Education at San José school located in the city of Bogotá. The methodology used is qualitative, in the light of ethnographic research, for Tamayo and Tamayo (2011), constitutes the description and analysis of a specific social field, in this case, the community of San José school, with the aim of capturing the perception, motivations and expectations that both students and teachers of the areas involved, give to their own experiences, including the needs and challenges they face. In this sense, the research shows that within the community there is a high percentage of appreciation for the development of Religious Education, recognizing it as a path for the cultivation of their religious dimension and as an opportunity to find answers to the continuous searches of their life, spiritual dimension. On the other hand, the urgency of dynamizing classroom practice is highlighted, making use of Information and Communication Technologies, since these are carriers of knowledge, information, vehicles of communication and interaction and represent a high degree of interest. The challenge is to make ICTs an anthropological environment that provides elements of personal construction from the perspective of the student.