Competências tecnológicas: desafios e transformações na incorporação de tecnologias digitais na formação e prática de professores do 4° ano do ensino fundamental

Abstract

This research showed that the digital society has brought new challenges and opportunities to teaching practice, which has required teachers to adapt to a constantly changing scenario. Thus, the problem of the study was to know what are the challenges and transformations encountered in the incorporation of digital technologies, with regard to teacher training and practice so that they develop the digital skills required in the current social and educational context? The general objective was to know what are the main challenges in the incorporation of digital technologies in teacher training and practice and the transformations that occur in the school environment with the adequate adoption of digital tools. The specific objectives were to understand the theoretical and methodological assumptions about the technological skills of teachers in the digital society; to identify, in teacher training and practice, the challenges and transformations in the incorporation of digital technologies in pedagogical proposals; and; to describe the results obtained regarding these challenges and transformations. A qualitative approach was presented, accompanied by two methods: bibliographic research based on studies by Bruzato (2004), Furlan (2017), Moran (2013; 2015), Laurillard (2012) among others, and field research carried out with three 4th grade elementary school teachers at the Military School – Presidente Medici Integrated Unit, located in Pinheiro - MA. The instruments were direct non-participant observation and a semi-structured questionnaire containing fourteen closed questions. The results pointed to an uncomfortable scenario, as the respondents lack specific knowledge about technologies, adequate continuing education, appropriate school infrastructure, among other difficulties that hinder the incorporation of technologies in the school environment.