Crianças e mídias digitais : cultura e conhecimento

Abstract

Digital media compose several dimensions of contemporary life and integrates the play culture built by the children of this generation characterized by the simultaneity of media actions in the performance of their school and non-school activities. Education has a challenge in this relationship when considering these media practices that are opposed to school teaching objectives and methods. It is proposed to identify and understand how the practices and modes of digital media use among students in the 6th and 7th year of primary education are interactive and creative in the sense of valuing school learning and knowledge. Through a theoretical discussion and the use of qualitative methodology, two public and one private schools were located in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, classroom observation, interviews with teachers and coordinators, and the application of semi-structured questionnaires and formation of Discussion Groups with students. The study sought to know the students' preferences for creativity, playfulness and the use of digital media in the school space and in moments of socialization outside of school; as well as teachers' positions in this regard. They were identified the practices of these students in the use of digital media, the dynamics experienced in the classroom, the presence and absence of digital media, and the justifications of students and teachers regarding the use of these tools in the school environment. It is concluded that digital media are still regulated in the school space, and the use is made as an aid to the teaching process, in order to make classes less dull.