A formação tecnológica a distância para docentes de um curso técnico em Secretariado, sob a perspectiva da complexidade

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to describe and interpret the phenomenon technological formation for teachers of a Technical Secretary course of a federal educational institution, through the offering of a distance course using the Moodle platform. The research question: What is the nature of the phenomenon technological formation of teachers of a Technical Secretary course of a federal educational institution based on complexity from the perspective of all participants? is the motivation for this research. The theoretical basis of this study were complexity, according to Morin (1996, 2000, 2002, 2011), Behrens (2006) and Freire (2009, 2012); distance education, according to Moraes (1998) and Moran (2007); teachers´ technological formation, according to Kenski (2001), Almeida (2003, 2005), Valente (2003), Moraes (2007, 2008), Freire (2009, 2010, 2012) and Silva (2012); and the complex educational design, from Freire s perspective (2013). This thesis investigate the nature of a lived experience from a hermeneuticphenomenological approach, according to Freire (1998, 2007, 2010). based on van Manen (1990) and Ricoeur (1986/2002). The research participants were 6 teachers of a Technical Secretary undergraduation course of a public federal institution. The description and interpretation of the focused phenomenon manifestation were made through the processes of textualisation, thematisation and the validation cycle, and operationalized by the organization and interpretation routines proposed by Freire (2007, 2010). The associations developed revealed that the phenomenon studied is structured in 4 themes and its ramifications. They are: updating with the ramification new resources; concept with its ramifications distance learning, opportunity, resistance, prejudice, innovation, and commitment; challenge and its ramifications preparation, and knowledge, and, at last, the theme determination (without ramifications)