Práticas de letramento digital na formação de professores: um desafio contemporâneo

Abstract

This work consists in a qualitative research of cultural-historical approach, based on the enuciative linguage theory by Mikhail Bakhtin and the social construction of knowledge theory, by Lev Vygotsky. It seeks to understand how the practices of digital literacy are presented and worked in pedagogy courses and degree in the Federal University from Juiz de Fora by the teachers with future teachers in training. It presents a review of the literature, establishing a dialogue with what has already been researched on digital literacy in Brazil. Three thematic groups were formed: 1) Digital Literacy: one theme and many definitions; 2) Some necessary skills: reading (comprehension) and writing (production) in cyberspace; 3) Digital literacy and educational practices. In relation to methodological process, initially have a brief history about the use of the computer and internet in teacher training courses at FACED-UFJF. Then the pilot project which orient the field work through the application of questionnaires, aiming, in addition to the selection of the subjects of research, know the social practices of reading and writing on the computer and on the internet developed by teachers, and how they perceive these contributions to pedagogical practice instruments and for the training of future teachers. It discusses, the field work that accompanied six teachers from Pedagogy courses and degrees, using as methodological tools, dialogical individual interviews and observations in their classrooms. Finally are indicated the three categories of analysis that debates, respectively, the training of teachers in Brazil, the curriculum of FACED-UFJF and the presence of the computer and internet; the university teacher and his paper teaching the trainig teachers how to use the digital technologies; practices of digital literacies as possibility of a formative experience for students to the use the computer and the internet. Data analysis allowed to understand that the use of digital technologies in the course of pedagogy in the FACED-UFJF is still at an early stage, not reaching full operation and articulated with the training of teachers; there are positions favourable to its use, however, there are still signs of resistance; Finally, much of the work from the computer and the internet is based on the Web 1.0.