Educational and cultural practices of students and their perceptions about the mobile technologies in school

Authors

  • Monica Fantin Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
  • Elisa Maria Quartiero Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-795X.2015v33n2p523

Abstract

Abstract

This article presents an inter-institutional study undertaken in different sociocultural contexts about the One Laptop Per Child Program (OLPC), reviewing the focus of the pedagogical practices found and reflecting on the educational and cultural practices of students and their perceptions of the project. With a theoretical methodological approach based on media-educational research, the article discusses a multiple case study conducted at four public schools that involved observations of daily school activities, research-education, didactic intervention and focus groups with students from different classes. To contextualize the discussion, the article begins with a survey of different studies of the OLPC project undertaken from 2011-2014. It then presents the methodology used in the study and a discussion of the specificities of the cultural practices and perceptions of students about the project. Finally, the article presents some considerations that demonstrate that the wealth and diversity of practices present in a single project can also be understood as possible interpretations that shape the study in a space of alterity and immersion in the digital culture.

Keywords: OLPC project; school culture; digital inclusion.

Author Biographies

Monica Fantin, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Doutora em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Professora do Centro de Educação e da Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC).

Elisa Maria Quartiero, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)

Doutora em Mídia e Conhecimento pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Professora aposentada da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC).

Published

2015-12-31

How to Cite

Fantin, M., & Quartiero, E. M. (2015). Educational and cultural practices of students and their perceptions about the mobile technologies in school. Perspectiva, 33(2), 523–544. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-795X.2015v33n2p523

Issue

Section

Dossiê Tecnologias móveis na escola: tensões entre as políticas públicas e suas (re) configurações nas práticas

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