Um paralelo entre o desempenho escolar dos alunos do telensino e do sistema convencional de ensino

Abstract

The Municipal Public Educational Systems in the State of Ceará permit primary level teaching to function in two modalities. Teaching by television and the conventional system of teaching. Serious questions have been asked regarding the efficacy of television teaching, especially since thoughtful experts in education consider teaching by television as a didactic resource rather them a teaching modality. In an effort to clarify the questions raised in this field regarding teaching by television, this work tries to clarify the following: • How effective are the academic results of students who received their elementary education through television lessons in comparison with students who received their elementary education by the conventional system? • Has television teaching as a modality been sufficient for the necessities of the school community? To answer these questions we researched a case study in a Municipal School in Fortaleza, with the objective of identifying which of the two modalities of teaching give the best school results. The study showed that teaching by television, in the school that was researched, produced lower rates than those produced by the conventional method of teaching. Furthermore, it became clear that their exists, in spite of all significant elements in both systems. Despite existiting deficiencies, the conventional system still presents more relevant efficiency indicators than the television teaching system.