LA DIMENSIÓN INFORMACIONAL DE LA COMPETENCIA DIGITAL DE LOS PREADOLESCENTES. UN ESTUDIO DE CASOS

Search, assessment and information selection is an indispensable competence for nowadays citizens, which face daily selecting and managing a large multitude of data and data sources in many different situations. In this context, we present some of the results of the project “Digital competence in compulsory education students. Social and family environments, appropriation processes and inclusion proposals”, which intends to investigate the building process of the digital competence in preteens. Specifically, some results related to the development of the informational dimension of this competence are presented. The study used an explanatory mixed design consisting of an initial quantitative phase for the selection of cases followed by a qualitative multiple case study. The results have allowed us to know the limitations of preteens in the process of searching, selecting and assessing information; since we have observed that, though they make good use of several browsers and find information, they don’t select, analyze or interpret adequately this information and they don't check and collate its sources. As a conclusion, it stands out the necessity of strengthening the development of this dimension in the primary education, since it is part of a key competence of our educational system.