Digital literacy on initial teacher training: undergraduate's views on distance education

Authors

  • Suzana dos Santos Gomes Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644415941

Keywords:

Teacher, Early training, Distance education, Digital literacy

Abstract

The present works integrates a research that analyzed distance teacher training. It clarifies the changes that took place on the field of Brazilian education and the impact caused by technology, as well as the importance of digital literacy on teacher training. The data gathering was carried out in a distance Teacher Course offered by a Higher Education Institution. The methodological devices used were the participant observation on face to face meetings, questionnaires and interviews. The theoretical framework was based on researches approaching teacher training and digital literacy. The results have highlighted the impacts caused by the use of digital technology on the early training, and besides that, how those teachers thought about the digital technologies on the school environment and which possibilities they see for using those technologies on the teacher practice.

Author Biography

Suzana dos Santos Gomes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Suzana dos Santos Gomes É Professora Adjunta da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (FaE/UFMG), onde fez sua formação: graduação em Pedagogia, Mestrado e Doutorado. É pesquisadora do Grupo de Avaliação e Medidas Educacionais (GAME). Membro da Pesquisa em Rede Língua e Literatura: relações raciais, diversidade sociocultural e interculturalidade em países de língua portuguesa - eixo Literatura e políticas públicas de leitura (CNPq/GPELL/Ceale-NERA/FaE/UFMG). Membro do Núcleo Pr@xis Educação e Tecnologias. É docente e membro do Colegiado do Mestrado Profissional em Educação e Docência (FaE/UFMG). Professora Formadora do Curso de Pedagogia EAD - CAPES/UAB/UFMG. Vice Coordenadora do Projeto Prodocência UFMG/CAPES. Desenvolve pesquisas e estudos sobre políticas públicas e gestão educacional, formação de professores, tecnologias digitais,o ensino e as práticas de leitura. E-mail: suzanasgomes@fae.ufmg.br

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Published

2016-12-15

How to Cite

Gomes, S. dos S. (2016). Digital literacy on initial teacher training: undergraduate’s views on distance education. Education, 41(3), 579–592. https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644415941

Issue

Educação, v. 41, n. 3, set./dez. 2016

Section

Continuous Demand

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