School authorities and ITC: articulations and tensions. The training of directors and inspectors at the UNIPE

Abstract

This article refers to the seminar called “The ict, educational management and appropriation of the virtual space”, developed within the framework of the Postgraduate Course on School Management and Inspection Training, jointly coordinated by Universidad Pedagógica (unipe) of Buenos Aires Province, Organization of Ibero-American States (oei) and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Argentina, through the program called Nuestra Escuela (Our School).
A brief description of the overall curricular structure of the postgraduate course is provided to contextualize the seminar, whilst a more in-depth description of content organization, classroom meetings and educational documents drafted, as well as virtual activities and proposed encounters are addressed. Moreover, the mandatory and optional work proposals considered are listed in order to debrief directors and inspectors on their historical role, and the extent and form in which the advent of information and communication technologies (ict) has altered it. The documentary source resulting from the reading of final works for promotion contributes to the ongoing debate and gives way to new lines of work for future seminaries and publications.
Finally, some of the main findings and concerns arising from classroom meeting and discussion forums are commented in order to share them and pave the way for the necessary debate on the key role of these institutional stakeholders.