Abstract

MARIALVA, Wolgram de Almeida  and  SILVA, Maria da Graça Moreira da. Community of practices in the educational context: a case study of platform teacher 2.0. Educ. Form. Tecnol. [online]. 2016, vol.9, n.2, pp.10-20. ISSN 1646-933X.  https://doi.org/10.1549/1646933Xv9n22016010600010.

This article reflects on a Community of Practice in education in an institutional setting - a public school system. Analyzes the implementation of the collaborative learning community named Professor 2.0 in the Education Department of the State of São Paulo - Brazil. It discusses the contributions of communities of practice to the educational context, establishing relationships between planning, reflection on pedagogical practices, sharing with peers and re-signification of teachers' practice. The research points out the potential of the community for the expansion and re-signification of the pedagogical practice in its daily life, developing a learning community and emphasizing voluntary adhesion and mediation of the community as central elements for its constitution.

Keywords : Communities of Practice; Teacher Training; New Technologies in Education.