ESTADO DO CONHECIMENTO SOBRE FORMAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES (2003-2004): A EDUCAÇÃO A DISTÂNCIA E O USO DE TIC DEMOCRATIZAM O SABER?

Abstract

This is a theoretical and bibliographical research, with content analysis. The object is the teachers education. It has, as objective, the accomplishment of the State of the Knowledge on Teachers Education with analysis of thesis and dissertations defended in Programs of Post- Graduation in Education, in the period 2003-2004. The distance education and the use of new technologies in the teaching practice were defined as sample for this learning production. The problem of this investigation is the following: Do the teachers education in the distance learning and the use of the information and communication technologies contribute to the democratization of knowledge? The content analysis was carried through on the basis of Bardin (2004) and Franco (2005). The theoretical reference approaches the history of distance learning, the policies regarding this topic, and the legal base focusing the teachers education. The ideas of the theoretical structure were reviewed in Moraes (1997), Brzezinski (1999,2004,2006), Litwin (2001), Belloni (2003), Fragalle Filho (2003), Oliveira (2003), Silva (2003), Toschi (2005), Faria (2006), amongst others. In the first chapter, there is a general view on the history of Distance Education (EAD), at the same time, statutes and norms regarding EAD as a modality of education in Brazil are presented. The concepts of EAD and the use of new technologies in the teaching practice as didactic resources are also studied. The concepts of the EAD and teachers education, its requirements, teacher s role, emphasizing the importance of the knowledge regarding the EAD are part of the second chapter. In the third chapter, the State of the Knowledge is developed in five stages a) documentary survey; b) Integral reading of the learning production that composes the sample (21 works); c) Elaboration of analytical summaries following the REDUC model d) Mapping of the data in an analytical matrix and arrangement of categories of analysis and describers; e) Analysis of the Content. As a result, some indications that the democratization of knowledge in the field of teachers education is carried out in a high quality EAD and in the use of new technologies in the teaching practice as a strategy of support for activities which are developed in the classroom, in virtual educational environments and in the scope of the school institution.