Discussion of research results on the impacts of the pandemic on pedagogical practices in Basic Education

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss, from a socio-historical perspective, results of academic productions on the impacts of the pandemic, caused by Covid-19, on pedagogical practices in basic education between the years 2020 and 2022. To this end, a scientific productions survey was carried out on two platforms that provide databases of scientific articles, the Academic Journals portal of Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and the Journals Portal of Capes. Considering a qualitative approach, the analyzes were based on the principles of content analysis. From the analysis of the results, two themes emerged, the first was accountability and the intensification of teaching work and, the second, mediations in the teaching and learning process. Research has repeatedly indicated that social inequality has affected students and teachers. The consequences of a neoliberal logic are realized in the analyses, the individualism was reinforced, as the teacher was held responsible for the educational process of students even with restrictions of objective conditions to develop their professional activity. The slowness in establishing effective public policies was a factor that hindered the teaching work and generated uncertainties. The difficulty of students to access digital technology caused loss to the teaching and learning processes. In addition, there was an intensification of teaching work, which affected the health of teachers. However, it was observed that teachers had to make changes in their practices, which, in a dialectical movement, ended up transforming the subjects involved in the processes.