O uso das mídias na prática docente: um estudo a partir da Escola de Ensino Fundamental Oliveiro Thaddeo

Abstract

The present article shows the importance of the use of media and digital technologies by teachers in their teaching practice, having as purpose to identify and analyze how they are being used on teachers’ pedagogical practice and what they are doing to insert this new learning concept in their teaching methodology. The methodology used for the realization of this work was a field search and, after a case study where was analyzed a research work accomplished in Geography discipline with the use of the computer, computational tools and the Internet. The referred study was conducted at the Municipal Elementary School Oliveiro Thaddeo, located in the city of Rosário do Sul, RS. After this study it was possible to conclude that, the use of media and digital technologies, in teaching practice is essential in knowledge construction, can bring very satisfactory results on teaching-learning process, since the school and the teachers are inserted, motivated and trained to their use. It could be noticed that, in this school, the media and digital technologies are available, but they are still little used on teaching practice, and that, most of its teachers, is not properly trained to the use of them.