Um estudo sobre o uso das redes sociais pelos docentes e discentes do ensino médio da rede pública estadual de ensino em três cidades do Tocantins

Abstract

This dissertation brings to the discussion a study about the use of social networks by teachers and high school students of the state public school network in three cities of Tocantins. To this end, it contextualizes the question of social networks and their influence on educational practice. Considering the growing use of WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter social networks and the understanding of their use in school, the motivation to identify whether these means can actually contribute to the improvement of the teaching process and, consequently, the production of new learning. The study aims to analyze the literature on the use of social networks by teachers and students; mapping the pedagogical use of social networks in education and perceive their importance in the educational processor.The literature review presents the technologies in the information society, based on the concepts learned in bibliographical sources, dissertations and theses, which base the object of study. Because it is technology-mediated education, a mapping of publications on the pedagogical use of networks in education was carried out. Thus, to subsidize the research, it was used as theoretical reference: (I) autores já consagrados no estudo a respeito das tecnologias voltadas para a educação, tais como Castells (1999), Recuero (2009), Carvalho (2010), Lorenzo (2013), Moran (2015), Valente (2015), Cabral (2015), Kenski (2016), IBGE (2016/2017), FRANÇA (2009). As for methodological development, descriptive quantitative-qualitative applied research was applied through the application of a closed questionnaire to teachers and students (data collection) and discussion / analysis of results. A survey was carried out with teachers and students of the second and third grades of high school in the state public school system of Tocantins, in two phases: the first phase in June 2017 in a school in the capital with 212 students and 27 teachers.The second phase took place in August 2018, in the cities of Porto Nacional with 91 students and 12 teachers; in Gurupi with 129 students and 07 teachers, and finally in Palmas with 96 students and 13 teachers, so that the expected results could be achieved. The analysis of the results confirms that teachers are aware of the need to seek new knowledge to act more effectively in the use of social networks in pedagogical practice. After analyzing the research, it was verified that they believe that the interactive and instantaneous communication inherent in social networks, favors the construction of knowledge and articulation in the spaces created by them in sharing their interests. For this, it is necessary that the public school, especially in the final stage of basic education, its educators can exploit such resources to improve teaching practice to school daily, through mobility and democratization of access.