REICE. Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación

It is analyzed the needs and the starting situation that we detect after studying the opinions and perceptions that different education professionals have about the use that young people make of ITC to relate emotionally. Our data were collected from the application of semi-structured interviews to key informants and focus groups. We have a sample of 30 teachers linked to 12 Asturian secondary schools. The descriptive and comparative qualitative analysis evidences the existence of important dissonances among teachers view, the implication of families and the real daily life of the students. The detected dissonances are attributed to a lack of competence and technical formation. All this adds to the lack of knowledge that teachers feel and show about affective communication models in in social networks of young people. It also shows a disconnection with the media cultural references and the influence of those in identity building and the relation to values, myths and ideologies. This is a handicap to develop significant educational work and to adapt contents and methodologies to real interaction strategies of students. According to different aspects of interest and indicated needs, we provide conclusions to improve the situation in terms of equity.