A mediação das tecnologias de informação e comunicação no contexto escolar

Abstract

The dissertation entitled "Mediation of Information Technologies and Communication in the Context of School", comes from the mediation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the development of school management in order to verify ownership of the same by the school management so as to provide jobs and a participatory approach by the school community. The research problem can be identified by the question: How can ICT mediation contribute to the democratization of school management in the context of two state public high schools in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, considering public educational policies? This problem leads to this work's objective which is to identify whether the mediation of ICTs can contribute to the democratization of school management, considering the existence of resources in schools to make this happen. The two schools were researched within the context of public schools in Santa Maria, with the the focus of attention being on high school. This research, therefore, results from Public Policy Related Technologies in the sense that when inserted in the school, they provide new forms of communication between individuals belonging to the two surveyed schools, while also favoring exchange of management practices in the administrative aspects of pedadgogal teaching. The research is classified as a qualitative case study, in which the research instruments used were questionnaires and participant observation. The research is relevant because of the need and urgency of the subject Information Technology and Communication in school management, so that educators can understand and reflect the changes that are still occurring and still occur in the workfield and that are spread throughout education. From the survey we observed little knowledge of ICTs by teachers as a result of low utilization of the same in school management.