TEACHER EDUCATION AND DIGITAL LETTERS: in the context of a pandemic
Teacher training; Digital literacy; Digital Technologies; Pandemic.
It is factual that the pandemic caused by the threat of COVID-19 has brought to the fore a lack of teacher training regarding the use of TDIC In this context, we asked about the possibilities of modification of the formative practices that, before the pandemic, were carried out in person. It was reflected whether it would be possible to carry out an online teacher training that could articulate theory and practice, with elements of digital culture. Hence the present research that aimed to analyze the contributions of Online Training, from the Perspective of Digital Literacy, offered by the Municipal Department of Education - SME - Natal / RN, for the formative practice of pedagogical advisors and directors of teaching units. The theoretical framework of the study was based on the conceptions of teacher education and digital literacy, with Nóvoa, Garcia, Freire, Buzato and Moreira, among others, as reference authors in these areas of study. This is a qualitative research with nuances of an action research, based on empirical, characterized as interventionist. The data were generated through meet chat records, electronic questionnaires, field notes records, and semi-structured interviews. The study was carried out at the Municipal Department of Education of Natal, involving pedagogical advisors and directors of teaching units, during and with the development of the extension course “I Online Training” carried out by the Department of Education of Natal /RN. The data analysis indicates that online training has provided important impacts regarding the development of competencies in the personal and professional scope of participants, expanding digital literacies, as well as, caused developments in the formative action of the education network, which was restructured with and from the use of digital technologies. It is also possible to affirm that despite the advance of digital communication and information technologies, there is a demand for teacher training that brings teachers closer to the world of digital culture. As products of the study, in addition to the dissertation, an online training was carried out, duly registered as extension project, in addition to the production of a "Guide to online meetings" and a "booklet" that evidences the main aspects of the work performed in the course of the research.