O trabalho do NTE Sete Lagoas e a implementação das TIC como espaço de ensino em escolas estaduais de Sete Lagoas/MG: o caso da EE Ruth Brandão de Azeredo

Abstract

This dissertation was developed within the scope of the Professional Master in Management and Evaluation of Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policies and Education Evaluation of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd / UFJF). The Center for Educational Technology / NTE Sete Lagoas is a decentralized structure of the National Educational Technology Program / PROINFO. PROINFO works closely with the schools of the jurisdiction with the aim of providing technical computer support, training and pedagogical support to the work carried out by teachers in their daily lives. In the development of their work, the NTE identified that, in general, teachers have difficulties to use the technologies in the classroom. This observation is an alert for the NTE to review its objectives, modes of action and capacities offered, in order to devise strategies that can effectively make a difference and help the teacher in the use of ICT. The management case studied aims to understand how the use of Information and Communication Technologies / ICT as an educational resource in EE Ruth Brandão de Azeredo occurs. The experience of EE Ruth Brandão de Azeredo – the focus school of the dissertation and the research produced – on the use of mobile and technological devices in the classroom is an indication that it is possible to use technologies as a resource to potentialize and stimulate everyday pedagogical practices. The present study defined three specific objectives: (I) the challenges and possibilities of using ICT in the school context, (II) analyze the experience of using ICT in EE Ruth Brandão de Azeredo, (III) propose ways and mechanisms by NTE to promote the pedagogical use of ICT in other schools of the jurisdiction of SRE Sete Lagoas. Based on a qualitative research at the school focus, this case study intends to answer the following question: What are the possibilities and challenges identified in the use of ICT in the context of EE Ruth Brandão de Azeredo? Thus, it was started going to the field to know better the reality of the school involved, its projects, challenges and uses chosen for the ICT. Another strategy adopted was the observation of Technology Week in the classroom, an event that integrates the calendar of activities of the school and is held at two different times and dates during the year. The results of this research, based on the theoretical framework concerning the proposal of this study, will serve as a basis for the elaboration of an Educational Action Plan that will allow NTE to expand the use of ICT to other schools of the jurisdiction.