CONTINUOUS EDUCATION FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS: A COLLABORATIVE STUDY IN THE APPROPRIATION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FROM MEDIA-EDUCATION
Continuing education. Digital Information and Communication Technology (DTIC). Collaboration. Media-education. Narration.
This research is a collaborative study with in-service Physical Education teachers. It is continuing education to analyze whether teachers can appropriate Digital Information and Communication Technologies (TDIC) from media education. The intervention took place between September and December 2022. The structuring and organization of the training were divided into three stages: conceptual, practical, and evaluative. The instruments and procedures for gathering information were: (1) diagnostic questionnaires; (2) reflection of the formative meetings; (3) field diary; (4) photographic records, and (5) semi-structured interviews, which were used throughout these formative stages. The results and discussions, transcribed in speeches/information/data/ were narrated through reflective narrative. In general, media education proved to be a possible way to include DICT in school contexts, although it still needs more investments. The DTIC was seen as ambivalent, highlighting the presence of the smartphone artifact, which was the object of systematization and problematization in the teachers' pedagogical practices. Possible ecological changes in the students' preferences were also observed, both about the preference for certain places in the room and the possibilities of moving around. The unpredictability of technologies as a formative movement is highlighted. Finally, continuous in-service training of the type of collaborative investigation with Physical Education teachers stands out as a possible strategy to combine research and training.