Comunidades de prática online: contribuições à formação de professores no Brasil e em Portugal

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the potentiality indicators of Online Communities of Practice (OCoP) in both Brazil and Portugal which contributed for teachers shared development of pedagogical capabilities in the use of DICT through the community created online named COPFUCA, within the UCA project scope. The theoretical basis of this thesis articulates the concept of community of practice with references from Wenger, Lave, McDermott, Synder and Matta; collaboration, as proposed by Oliveira and Magalhães; reflexive and shared teacher development according to Pimenta, Vázquez, Gimeno, Sacristán, Tardiff, Masetto; and integration of DICT in education as discussed by Valente, Almeida and others. The researched contexts were Communities of Practice in Brazil, namely Grupo de Estudos Educar na Cultura Digital, Práxis, Grupo de Sábado, Portal do Professor and Nética; and, in Portugal, ArcaComum and Pigafetta. Besides these players, the research natural intervention environment was the municipal school Governador André Franco Montoro, located in the town of Campo Limpo Paulista, in the state of São Paulo. The methodological approach was action research. Data analysis and interpretation were built on the definition of 7 potentiality indicators depicted from the collected data. The analysis used the multidimensional statistic method of hierarchical ranking by similarity, through data compilation in CHIC software, which showed similarity or similitude in the data referring to shared teacher development and the resulting effects in the teacher s own practice as a consequence of participating in an Online Community of Practice. The results showed that the sharing of experience in a OCoP has enabled us to build up knowledge about the integration of DICT in educational context. The participants spent the better understand your role as an agent of change that organises and reflects on their pedagogical actions in the classroom