Os desafios da adaptação dos docentes do ensino fundamental da rede pública diante da pandemia do COVID-19

Abstract

The introduction of remote education in the year 2020 became a major milestone in history in the face of the spread of the highly contagious virus, Covid-19. Education as a whole was changed and both students and teachers had to adapt to a new reality imposed by the situation caused by the pandemic. In view of the above, the general objective of this article was to learn about the challenges faced by elementary school teachers from the state and municipal public school networks when facing the remote teaching modality, and as specific objectives: to verify the support infrastructure available for remote classes; to identify teachers' demands regarding digital accessibility; and to analyze the resources offered for teachers' technical training. In methodological terms, we adopted an applied research, qualitative in its approach, descriptive in relation to the objectives, using semi-structured interviews as an instrument for data collection. Among the main results obtained, we highlight the great lack of courses offered by the State and the municipalities to public school teachers, the lack of technical support in schools, the teachers' limitation in social isolation, and also, the lack of a digital didactic library in the public network. Therefore, we recommend the elaboration of public policies aimed at support activities and assistance in the use of electronic devices for educational purposes, courses that help in understanding the resources available in the platforms for teachers and students in the public network.