The Digital Mobile Information and Communication Technologies Present in the Initial Teaching Training in Biological Sciences

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https://doi.org/10.35819/tear.v9.n2.a4520

Abstract

Abstract: The main objective of the article was to understand undergraduate and distance learning students’ perception of Biological Sciences Course, at the Federal University of Sergipe (FUS), about the use of Digital Mobile Information and Communication Technologies (DMICT) while technological and pedagogical knowledge developed their initial training process. To achieve this goal, we also sought to know the profile related to the digital culture of the undergraduate students and to investigate how this public felt about the teachers’ digital literacy. It corresponded to a qualitative research with an exploratory bias, in which three researchers participated in the process of validating a questionnaire, and a case study was carried out with 33 (thirty-three) academics, distributed in 11 (eleven) personally and 22 (twenty-two) in Distance Education (DE), the majority being from the last period of undergraduate courses. It was found that all participants agreed that DMICT contributed to the students' learning, as long as they are used properly inside and outside the classroom. Most participants stated that they had satisfactory and advanced levels of knowledge and skills on the use of these technologies in their daily lives, thus pointing out an interconnection of this audience with cyberspace. However, 27.3% of the participants reported the absence of technological approaches during their training due to a number of factors, among them, the lack of interest from university professors and tutors, as well as demotivation of the class and lack of didactic and technological resources.

Keywords: Digital Culture. Teacher training. Digital literacy.

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Author Biographies

  • Manoel Messias Santos Alves, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

    PhD student in Education at the Graduate Program in Education at the Federal University of Sergipe. Master in Science Teaching. Bachelor of Nursing and Degree in Biological Sciences

  • Anne Alilma Silva Souza Ferrete, Federal University of Sergipe

    PhD in Education. Professor at the Federal University of Sergipe (FUS) based in the Department of Education (DED), at the Center for Education and Human Sciences (CECH). Permanent professor of the Graduate Program in Education.

  • Willian Lima Santos, Federal University of Sergipe

    Master's student in Education (PPGED). Specialist in Open and Digital Technologies and Education. Specialist in Teaching in Higher Education. Federal University of Sergipe (UFS)

Published

2020-12-08

How to Cite

The Digital Mobile Information and Communication Technologies Present in the Initial Teaching Training in Biological Sciences. #Tear: Journal of Education, Science and Technology, Canoas, v. 9, n. 2, 2020. DOI: 10.35819/tear.v9.n2.a4520. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ifrs.edu.br/index.php/tear/article/view/4520. Acesso em: 23 jun. 2026.