The teaching of geography and cyberspace: The use of ICT in the school network of Altamira - Pará

Abstract

Context: The objective of this study is to analyze how teachers perceive ICTs and the use of virtual spaces for teaching. Specifically, to identify which virtual spaces geography teachers use for educational practice, as well as to understand whether teachers use cyberspace for their practice in the context of cyberculture, in addition to understanding how the teacher's relationship with virtual spaces on the internet (cyberspace) in the school environment in geography classes is being constituted, considering the implications of this relationship for the teaching and learning process of students. Methodology: The data were collected through the application of a virtual questionnaire to ten geography teachers from the public education network, from 6th to 9th grade of Elementary School, in the municipality of Altamira, Pará. The data collection analysis occurred through the teachers' responses to the virtual questionnaire. Considerations: The analysis of the results shows us that the availability and use of ICTs and cyberspace in the school environment, and access to the internet, are below their potential. It reinforces the conviction that it is necessary to develop actions that enable the introduction of ICTs in schools and the virtual environment in a pedagogical perspective, in order to create opportunities and learning experiences that favor the construction of knowledge for the student.