O uso das tecnologias da informação e da comunicação pelos professores da rede pública estadual do estado do Ceará

Abstract

The stengthly of information technology and comunication (TICs) is nowadays one of the biggest public investments of Secretaria de Educação Básica (SEDUC) in Ceará State. The major part of public state schools has a big quantity of technological gadgets, from computers with internet access to slide projectors and educational softwares. Living in a world which technology is really present in our daily routine and where the flow of information is faster, it would be natural think that most students and teachers would be inserted in this universe of digital literacy. But, what has been noticed is that even with this new reality that requires the professionals of education different approaches in teaching methodology and a new vision about their day by day pedagogical work, there is still an enormous number of teachers away from this process. The aim of this Educational Action Plan (PAE) is, therefore, investigate the real situation of teachers and the school management of public state schools of Fortaleza in relation to the knowledge they have about TICs and the use of these new technology according to a new perspective of educational paragon. The investigation was done in two public state schools of Ceará, the two biggest schools in number of students and with different results in a proficiency test named SPAECE (Sistema Permanente de Avaliação da Educação do Ceará). The research had as focus the building of an outlook that let us know about the lean given to the school management in inserting the TICs in the school routine, the technical ability of the school professionals in relation to the use, how and how often the TICs are used as pedagogical tools. To substantiate the collected data it was based mainly the analyses of Bruno and Mattos (2010), Porto (2006), Sancho (2006) and Alonso (2008) that permitted an analytical structure of the present process of paragon changing of the school relations in the broadcasting of knowledge motivated by the insertion of TICs in education. To help the construction of an overview of the present situation of Ceará state concerning the investment in TICs and the ability of the professionals in education in the use of these technologies, it was used the analyses of Coelho (2009), data and official documents, as well as the TIC Brasil 2010 research. From this on, it was suggested a group of integrated actions to school managers, lab computer educational coordinators and classroom regent teachers in order to promote a resizing of the school management and the pedagogical work intending a change of the teaching and learning process of the public state schools of Fortaleza. It was also suggested a schedule to fulfill these actions, as well as a particular budget investment to carry out this activity and a continuous process of tutoring and evaluation of its efficacy.