As representações sociais dos docentes e discentes do IF Sudeste MG - câmpus Rio Pomba sobre as tecnologias da informação e comunicação na educação

Abstract

The education is placed in the context of the information society, in which the construction of knowledge, in front of the Information and Communication Technologies, goes beyond the school walls. This research aimed to analyze, through the technique of free recall, the social representations of teachers and students of IF Sudeste MG – Câmpus Rio Pomba on Information and Communication Technologies in education. The research was conducted with a population of sixty (60) teachers and 200 (two hundred) students of the Câmpus Rio Pomba. The theoretical basis of this research refers to the Theory of Representations, Serge Moscovici. The survey data were analyzed using the technique of frame construction of four houses and the responses were analyzed with the aid of a computer program called EVOC 2003 ®, which combines the frequency of recall of each word to their order of invocation, seeking establish the degree of projection of the elements represented in each group. The results showed that social representations of Information and Communication Technologies in education influence the behavior of both teachers and students of the educational scene inserted in the information society. The data revealed that between teachers' pedagogical practice and the awareness that they have the attitude they should take in knowledge construction mediated by technology there is a great gulf, which is supported by social representations related to the fear of being overcome at the cognitive level of lose the monopoly of knowledge and sharing with the students construction of knowledge. With regard to social representations of students, the results showed that they share high expectations for teachers and school. The element of knowledge is presented as the core of social representations both for teachers and for students. In addition to the social representations of teachers and students of the IF Sudeste MG – Câmpus Rio Pomba about the Information Technologies and Communication in education, this study sought to reflect on the Information and Communication Technologies in education and rescue some of the social construction of society riopombense on the creation of the Escola Agrícola de Rio Pomba, today IF Sudeste MG – Câmpus Rio Pomba .