Abstract

SILVA, Christina Marília Teixeira da  and  AZEVEDO, Nyrma Souza Nunes de. O significado das tecnologias de informação para educadores. Ensaio: aval. pol. públ. educ. [online]. 2005, vol.13, n.46, pp.39-54. ISSN 0104-4036.

This qualitative/quantitative research attempted to investigate the perceptions of teachers in relation to technologies of information (TI), especially computers and Internet. It is a continuation of a previous research, which tried to identify the meaning of TI to students. The data, gathered from 556 students, revealed that they long to deal with TI for they consider the computer a learning tool and the Internet, a source of communication and research. This study, which involved 120 teachers of both private and public schools, pointed out that they consider the computer an ally, not a menace, to their profession. The research showed that there seems to be a relationship between the kind of school in which the teacher works and the use of TI in pedagogical practice. There are hints that the rejection towards new technologies, which seemed to exist among teachers, has decreased.

Keywords : Education; Technologies of Information; Educational Psychology.

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