Teacher Education in the Digital Era: The (Mis)Uses of Computers in an Inservice Teacher Program

Authors

  • Elaine Fernandes Mateus

Keywords:

teacher education, digital literacy, new technologies, computers.

Abstract

This exploratory study aims at (1) discussing the use of computers by prospective teachers during their Foreign Language Teacher undergraduate course and (2) describing these future teachers’ representations about the use of computers in their pedagogical practice. With this in mind, a questionnaire is analyzed having as the theoretical framework studies about social inclusion and digital literacy. The results show that the specific educational program does not integrate the new technologies and their languages in the process of initial teacher education. As a result, future teachers do not seem to understand their role as agents in such a digital society.

Author Biography

Elaine Fernandes Mateus

Elaine Fernandes Mateus has been working as an Assistant Professor of Teacher Education in the Foreign Language Department at the State University of Londrina for the last ten years. Her ongoing research interests include community of teaching practice, culture and difference in teacher education programs and collaborative constructions of knowledge.

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Issue

Vol. 25 No. 2 (2004)

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Papers

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