Contribuições das tecnologias da informação e comunicação (TICs) para o desenvolvimento do processo interdisciplinar em cursos de formação de professores

Abstract

The research analyses the contributions of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for the development of the interdisciplinary process in teacher education courses, seeing technologies as resources that can favor the interdisciplinary approach, the collaborative environment, the critical commentary and contextualization of knowledge, both for the student and for the teacher. It presents a brief history of interdisciplinarity and some concepts related to it, as well as the importance of working with it in the educational context, highlighting the need for teacher courses that contemplates it. Right now the new information and communication technologies can assist in developing the interdisciplinary process and, in parallel, support the development of specific knowledge about ICT in Education. We did a qualitative research through the tool Mural in the virtual learning environment TelEduc, where three classes of of Didactic I were analyzed (2009.2, 2010.2, 2011.1). The research is divided into three stages: the first stage refers to the qualitative and descriptive literature about the central theme; the second stage is aimed at analyzing the Mural tool in the virtual environment TelEduc as it was used in the classes listed above; finally, the third step consists of analyzing and comparing the references and environment analysis TelEduc. The collected data highlighted the importance of the development of interdisciplinarity within the educational context and how it can be supported through the conscious and critical use of new technologies in Education, concluding that the development of interdisciplinarity and the use of ICT in school education can promote, both for the student and teacher, a reflective, critical and collaborative learning environment.