Digital teaching in Brazil and the use of technology in education

From the occurrence of the pandemic COVID-19, with the interruption of face-to-face classes and the implementation of remote teaching strategies, especially mediated by digital technologies, the dissemination of the debate around the qualitative and equitable realization of the right to education in the face of inequalities has grown access and use of networks, devices and media languages. Challenges that became more evident with the intensification of activities mediated by these resources, but that were already revealed a few decades ago by specialists dedicated to the study of educational policies, especially public ones. On the other hand, changes in teaching and learning practices have also led to reflections on the future of education, on the role of school and university institutions, as well as on a possible opening of the educational process for the hybridization of spaces, times and means of knowledge acquisition.

These themes are part of the debate Digital teaching in Brazil and the use of technology in education, based mainly on the indicators collected by the ICT Education survey, carried out by the Regional Center for Studies for the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br), a linked research center. to the Ponto Br Information and Coordination Center (NIC.br). For ten years, the ICT Education research has investigated the access and use of technologies and the development of digital skills in Basic Education. Conducted in person and by telephone, using structured questionnaires, the survey annually interviews students, teachers, pedagogical coordinators and managers of public and private schools, in urban and rural areas, in order to contribute to the development of digital educational policies more effective.

Daniela Costa holds a PhD in Education and a Master in Communication and Semiotics, both from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. Researcher in the areas of education, technology and language, she coordinates the ICT Education research, a national study on the access and use of technologies and the development of digital skills by students and teachers in Brazilian schools, at the Regional Center for Studies for the Development of Society Information (Cetic.br), department of Ponto BR's Information and Coordination Center (NIC.br).

Mediation: Claudine Dutra Melo Cruz - Historian, Master's student in the Postgraduate Program in Humanities, Rights and Other Legitimacy and member of the Research Group “Arab, African, Asian and South American themes, representations and diasporic communities” ( FFLCH / USP / CNPq) and NAP Brasil África / USP. Founder and Educator of EtnicoEduc - educational consultancy. Human Rights Activist.
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