Processos criativos de aprendizagem mediados por tecnologias digitais na educação infantil

Abstract

This research is linked to the Doctoral Course in Education of the Graduate Program in Education at the Federal University of Santa Maria, in research line 2 - Educational public policies, educational practices and their interfaces. The theme focuses on the relationships between contemporary childhood and digital culture, in order to reflect about children and their relationships with digital technologies, implications for pedagogical practices at school and creative and critical possibilities. The general objective is to investigate how pedagogical practices mediated by creative technologies contribute to the creative learning processes of young children. And specific objectives: 1. Implement an initial action-research process in the school reality; 2. Plan and implement pedagogical practices with young children mediated by Creative Technologies; 3. Understand and evaluate pedagogical practices with young children mediated by Creative Technologies for expression, creativity, innovation, collaboration, learning and development. The methodological conception adopted is action research, with data produced and collected through interviews, questionnaires, participant observations, conversation circles, field diary, images, videos and children's productions systematized in three cycles: I) initial action research process of the school reality to carry out a diagnosis and seek information to understand the languages, worldviews, thoughts, wills and practices of the subjects involved; to plan and implement pedagogical practices; II) planning and implementation of pedagogical practices mediated by creative technologies from the first cycle; III) evaluation, carried out by the researchers, of the pedagogical practices developed, in order to verify limitations and/or potentials for the expression, creativity, innovation, collaboration, learning and development of young children. During the three research cycles, we spoke with children, families and teachers who were part of the school reality that was researched. As we delve deeper into the games and practices with digital culture, we show how children use and what they do with these artifacts. Talking to the families made it possible to establish a relationship of educational co-responsibility. Bringing this reality into the school, talking to teachers, helped us think of strategies and creative and expressive experiences, with the possibility of expanding the children's repertoire and changing pedagogical practices from a perspective of knowledge production. The research showed that children are immersed in digital culture and that schools need to bring this topic into their own hands to discuss the challenges of education in contemporary society. The research was a process constructed in a participatory manner and as a training space, seeking to analyze the context and pay attention to the learning processes with digital technologies.