DIGITAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES: perceptions of Geography teachers regarding the use of TDIC in their pedagogical practices before, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic
High School Technical Professional Education, High School, Emergency Remote Education, Geography, Pedagogical Practices, Digital Information and Communication Technologies.
This research aimed to understand, based on the perceptions of Geography Professors (research participants) from High School at the Manoel de Mattos Pinho State School (EEMMP), the Padre Camargo State School (EEPC) and who teach in Professional Technical Education of Secondary Level (EPTNM) of the Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais (CEFETMG), whether or not the resources of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (TDIC) are included in their pedagogical practices to mediate the teaching and learning processes and what are the potentiality and/or limitations. This dissertation is part of the Master's Course in Technological Education at CEFETMG, in research line IV whose thematic axis is Educational Practices and Educational Technologies. In theoretical references were used, Piaget (1974, 1990), LIB NEO (1982), Vygotsky (1987), Lévy (1994, 1999), Kenski (1998, 2012), Moran (2000, 2014), Kaercher (2007), among others. The used methodology is characterized by a qualitative approach based on a bibliographical review, of an exploratory character and a case study. Nine Professors were interviewed through on-line questionnaires, carried out between May and June 2023, addressing the insertion of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (TDI) in their pedagogical practices. The results indicate a positive perception of participants regarding TDIC, highlighting their attractive role in classes, stimulation and enrichment of teaching and learning processes, and the continued use of these tools after Emergency Remote Teaching (ERE). Among the potentialities mentioned are the diversification of pedagogical approaches, stimulating creativity, and promoting the understanding of abstract concepts. However, limitations were identified, such as lack of time due to workload, equipment shortcomings, unstable Internet connection, a bad Professor formation for the effective integration of TDIC, as well as physical and financial restrictions for students. It is concluded that there is a need to continuously monitor and evaluate the ERE results, to improve educational methodologies.