DIGITAL COMPETENCE: analysis with teachers from state schools in Zona da Mata, RO
Teacher training. Digital Competence. Digital Information. Communication Technologies.
Digital skills and knowledge have become a challenge for all teachers due to the need to carry out on-line activities using digital resources and platforms, not only during the pandemic period but due to the need to comply with the guidelines of the Base Nacional Comum Curricular - BNCC, in which suggests that education should be adequate to meet projects related to dimensions of competency five – “Digital Culture” which encompasses computing and programming, computational thinking, culture and the digital world. This research was developed through the analysis of the level of Digital Competence of teachers who teach in secondary education in the state education system of schools located in Zona da Mata- RO, with the objective of leveling the digital competence of teachers, considering content knowledge, pedagogical and technological. In the first stage, data from all courses of the National Program for Continuing Education in Educational Technology – ProInfo Integrado, offered by MEC, from 2007 to 2015, were analyzed, totaling four courses, which in their curriculum offered basis for the participating teachers to acquire knowledge, security and develop skills in digital educational resources, to carry out their studies and projects autonomously. It was observed that the course workload and the curriculum presented were adequately structured to develop skills in the area, even for those who were starting a trajectory in technological resources. In the second stage, we sought to assess the level of digital competence acquired by teachers who currently teach in the schools in the sample. The levels were listed as Digital Literacy, Advanced Digital Literacy and Digital Fluency , using the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge - TPACK methodology developed by Mishra and Koehler in 2006, and the matrix of the centro de Inovação para Educação Brasileira - CIEB, which considers knowledge, skills, and attitudes, as a tripod for effective digital competence. It was observed that, according to the data built, most teachers are in the intermediate stage with the potential to evolve. This research aimed to know the level of Digital Competence of professionals from the Regional da Mata state schools in Rondônia and its adequacy to the needs suggested by the BNCC.