USING ICT IN THE EDUCATION PROCESS BY PRE-UNIVERSITY TEACHERS AND PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS - COMPARATIVE STUDY
Authors: Langa Claudiu 
Published: February 2023

Practice has often proven that in many cases the multimedia technological applications (internet, media editing hardware and software platforms) can rise the quality of the educational act by optimizing the information transfer, pupils’/students’ development of specific competences, development of creativity and involving in common activities with the help of the internet. Nevertheless, a series of studies reveal the fact that teachers consider the student-teacher relation could not be replaced, even partially, by technology.
The present paper presents the results of a study run in the 14 gymnasiums and high schools from Arges county and University of Pitesti.
The purpose of the study is to identify the perception of the social-humanistic discipline teachers in pre-university education and of the students at the social-humanistic faculties (psychology, history, journalism), wishing to become teachers, on the use of ICT resources in the didactical process. Analyzing the perception of the teachers and students in the group on the efficiency of multimedia means in facilitating the transmission of knowledge and the shaping of pupils’ competences, in the judicious management of the time allocated to class teaching, in the differentiated treatment of pupils, in intermediating the pupil-teacher relationship, is among the objectives of this study.
The research hypotheses of this study are: there are differences as regards students’ and teachers’ perception on the utility of multimedia means in facilitating the application of teaching-learning methods which are attractive and interactive for pupils; the existence of differences as regards students’ and teachers’ perception on the judicious management of the time allocated to class teaching through the use of multimedia means, the existence of differences as regards students’ and teachers’ perception on the individualization of training through the application of multimedia methods, the existence of differences as regards students’ and teachers’ perception on the intermediation of the pupil-teacher relationship through social media means.
The methodology used in this investigative approach is the questionnaire applied to the social-humanistic discipline teachers in pre-university education and those students who attend the courses of the psycho-pedagogical studies program with certification for a teaching career and who have evaluated the university didactic staff. The study was carried out on a group of 41 socio-humanistic teachers and 56 third-year students of the University of Pite&#351;ti, in the social and human sciences field. Only third-year students were included in the group because the Computer Assisted Instruction was a subject studied during that year. Also during the third year students undertake pedagogical training and have access to schools in order to attend to lessons and to teach a certain number of hours.
Findings and Results of this study have aimed at the verification of research hypotheses. The results have been processed and interpreted through descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Three of these hypotheses have been confirmed and one has not been confirmed following data processing and interpretation.
The conclusions further to the research provide relevant data for improving the ICT use methodology in the process related to the teaching of social-humanistic disciplines.