Education Mediated by Technologies and Social Distancing: Teaching Experience in Basic Education

• Autor(a) principal: Correia, Silvia Letícia Costa Pereira
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Cerqueira e Cruz, Diego Aric, Ribeiro, Lorena Bárbara da Rocha, Maia, Rosângela
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: EAD em Foco
• Texto Completo: https://eademfoco.cecierj.edu.br/index.php/Revista/article/view/1237

 This article aimed at outlining an overview of the current educational moment, reflecting on the pedagogical actions developed by formal institutions of basic education, highlighting the need of differentiating the modalities of Distance Learning and Education Mediated by Technologies. The study was conducted based on the assumptions of qualitative research, without neglecting quantitative data, interpreted according to a context. 84 teachers of basic education from the municipalities of Salvador and Simões Filho in Bahia participated in the study voluntarily and anonymously. Data collection took place in two stages: April and September 2020, through the application of a questionnaire available on a virtual platform. In the paper`s discussion, the concept, history and specificities of distance learning as a modality were briefly resumed; as well as the difference between distance learning and education mediated by technologies, besides knowing and understanding the pedagogical strategies adopted in the face of the uncertainty caused by the pandemic. The data produced with this study emphasize that we are living in a moment when digital technologies are being massively introduced into primary education. On the other hand, there are still challenges that reflect peculiar situations, related mainly to the difficulty of handling a new ongoing reality. Aside from the discussion on Distance Learning and Education Mediated by Technologies, we noticed the urge of improving possible interventional and remedial proposals for the emerging issues, foreseeing some questions and gaps based on the research initiated here and promoting a policy- making perspective of designing serious public policies in the area of education.   Keywords: Social distancing. Distance learning. Education mediated by technologies. Basic education.