Os principais desafios no uso do computador como ferramenta pedagógica na Escola Padre Carlos Cottart no município de Afogados da Ingazeira – PE

Abstract

With new technologies becoming increasingly present in the school environment, it is necessary for the teacher, one of the main advisors in the student training process, to be even more prepared to use these resources to diversify the pedagogical practices carried out during classes. Although the use of computers has caused changes in education paradigms, and currently, even with some resource limitations, most public schools have a physical structure to carry out practices involving such equipment, the use of this machine is still not widely used by teachers. With this in mind, the purpose of this study is to investigate the main difficulties faced by teachers at the Padre Carlos Cottart school located in the municipality of Afogados da Ingazeira – PE, in using the computer as a tool in the teaching and learning process of 6th grade classes to the 9th year of Elementary School. The methodology used is a case study with an exploratory purpose with a qualitative approach, and with data collection through bibliographical research; documentary surveys; direct observations; structured questionnaire with teachers and interview with the teacher responsible for the laboratory at the field school where the study is carried out. For the theoretical bibliographical support, studies by Ramos and Coppola (2009) were used; Pessoa and Machado (2019); Moran (2000); Cossetin (2018); Santos et. al. (2016); Leite (2018) and Valente (1993) regarding the use of the computer as a pedagogical tool to approach new educational practices. Zampier's research (2016); Buratto and Moura (2013); Pereira and Freitas (2009); Pereira, Souza and Peixinho (2012); Cardoso and Sampaio (2018) and Oliveira (2017) about the role of the teacher in the face of new technologies and the difficulties generated by this new teaching stance, among other authors. A survey carried out by the Innovation Center for Brazilian Education – CIEB was also used as study material to investigate the reality of municipal schools regarding the availability of digital resources, and teacher training in new Information and Communication Technologies – ICTs. Given the reflections developed during the study, it was realized that using the computer as a pedagogical instrument still constitutes a major methodological challenge. Teachers identify the importance that the computer brings to the students' learning process, but there is still a low frequency in the use of laboratories by teachers due to the lack of knowledge about these tools during their training, the low amount of digital resources, and mainly , the lack of adequate equipment available at the institution