INCLUSÃO DIGITAL NAS ESCOLAS: DESAFIOS EM TEMPOS DE PANDEMIA

Abstract

This study aimed to understand, according to the researched literature, the main challenges faced by students in relation to digital inclusion in the teaching-learning process during the Covid 19 pandemic. The methodology was a literature review. The search was carried out in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and Google academic databases, using the keywords: Digital inclusion. Education. Pandemic. Challenges. It was found that technology is a path to be followed by all those involved in school activities. The pandemic has brought a lot of difficulty in relation to the technological environment because many families and schools do not have access to the Internet. Despite the technological evolution, there are many children who want to have contact with a cell phone or computer, a fact that proves the digital exclusion and institutional exclusion, students are left without access to the internet and are prevented from performing their school tasks, losing their contact the school. The digital divide imposes several challenges on the school education of young people. The main challenges were, lack of tools and internet for students, teachers and also in schools and rural communities. Lack of teacher knowledge to conduct educational methodologies using digital pedagogical resources; lack of study spaces; little family support or little knowledge with technologies; difficulty making contact with students; lack of public educational policies; increase in social inequalities; lack of interaction between teacher and student; student and student making pedagogical mediation difficult. It is concluded that in order to end digital inequality, it is necessary for governments, educators and companies to assume this issue with committed roles and responsibilities to strengthen the population's digital skills.