Digital technologies, good guys or bad guys? an insight into the impact on students' cognition

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Silvia Meirilany Pereira de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Santos, Marcelo Anderson Batista dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Educitec
• Texto Completo: https://sistemascmc.ifam.edu.br/educitec/index.php/educitec/article/view/1261
• topic: Processo cognitivo; Educação Profissional; Tecnologia e educação; Cognitive process; Professional education; Technology

In Brazil, the use of digital technologies has increased a lot in recent years due to the growing technological advance and the frequent stimulus of public policies for digital inclusion. Among users of electronic devices, the predominance of children and adolescents who perceive these devices as instruments of identity is notorious. Based on this, the present work aims to discuss the impact of the use of digital technologies on students' cognition and its use in the school environment. A bibliographic review was carried out on national books and articles with a twelve-year time frame (2007 to 2019) based on indexed searches in databases: SciELO, Google academic, LILACS and Redalyc. Among the studies found, some articles were selected, which resulted in a compilation of different works through a wide discussion on the benefits and harms of Digital Technologies structured on three pillars: Brief history on digital information and communication technologies (DICT); The use of DICT in education; The challenges of staying focused in the information age. The results show that the literature differs regarding the impact of the use of electronic devices on the cognition of children and young people. Some authors claim that access to different technology tools can contribute to the development of cognitive skills. In this aspect, it is identified that in the school context, its use has had a positive impact, promoting innovation in educational practice. Therefore, other authors draw attention to the not always beneficial effects that the excessive use of these tools can entail.