Abstract

ECHALAR, Adda Daniela Lima Figueiredo  and  PEIXOTO, Joana. Prouca: access to digital technologies as a strategy for the reduction of social inequalities. Ensaio: aval. pol. públ. educ. [online]. 2017, vol.25, n.95, pp.393-413.  Epub Feb 22, 2017. ISSN 0104-4036.  https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-40362017002501155.

This article stems from a research addressing the training process of teachers in the context of the Program One Computer per Student (PROUCA), understood as a public policy for digital inclusion –through a school environment-, that is aligned with international economic guidelines of neoliberal order. Based on documents and interviews with 55 professionals from nine schools from Goiás, Brazil, that were part of the program, we observed that PROUCA renews the technical utopia that society evolves qualitatively with the acquisition of information and communication technologies. We want to demonstrate that the identified problems and deficiencies in the infrastructure for the program’s implementation, in the management of its processes and in the training of the teachers are not specific but structuring aspects of this Program. For this reason, their mere readjustment or adequacy are not enough to equalize social inequalities, as has been said.

Keywords : Technologies and education; Public policy; Prouca; Excluding inclusion.

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