Reflections on the use of Digital Technologies of Information and Communication in the initial teacher training of a class of undergraduate degree in Distance Education

Abstract

The main objective of this article was to analyze the use of Digital Technologies of Information and Communication (DTIC), as didactic-pedagogical resources, in the process of initial teacher training in a class of the Degree in Biological Sciences, Distance Education modality (Distance Education), from the Federal University of Sergipe (FUS). We also seek to identify aspects of the graduates' digital culture and investigate their perceptions about the use of technologies with regard to teaching activity. It is a qualitative and quantitative research with a descriptive bias, having as target audience the participation of 22 (twenty-two) academics, most of them at the conclusion of the course. Regarding the main results, although the majority of the participants demonstrated to have satisfactory and advanced levels of knowledge and skills about the use of DTIC in their daily lives, as well as unanimous agreement that these technologies, provided they are used properly, contribute significantly for the students' learning, it was also found in this study the prevalence of some limitations that compromise the emphasis of didactic-pedagogical approaches aimed at the implementation of digital technologies, with 27% of the participants reporting the absence of these technological approaches during their training due to a series of factors related from the lack of interest and training of teachers and tutors, to the lack of resources and demotivation of the academics themselves.