Professor pesquisador: aprendizagem colaborativa e formação aberta pelo Facebook

Abstract

This dissertation was developed within the Master's Program of Education at Universidade do Oeste Paulista (UNOESTE), following the research line "Professors' Pedagogical Background and Practice". Within the context of the connected society, learning may take place within different environments, exceeding the limits of a formal classroom, reaching virtual spaces, including among them social networks. This research was carried out to analyze the process of researcher professors' background by means of the social network Facebook. The methodology used for the research was a qualitative one, more specifically a case study one, comprising 37 participants belonging to a Facebook closed group named Group of Studies and Researches on Education, Curriculum and Technologies (GEPECeT). For data collecting one used observation of interactions between participants within GEPECeT and a questionnaire about their views concerning researcher professors' open background in the use of social networks by means of Google docs, as well as observation of mailings on Padlet about the participants' profile. The result analysis was carried out based on the following categories: meaningful contents; cooperative learning; reports on experiences, group visibility, and reflective researcher teacher. Data analysis showed that the experiences and discussions held within the group favored the development of new pedagogical practices concerning the use of Information Technology and Communication (TIC) and confirmed that the social network Facebook manifested itself as an environment favorable to further researcher professor's learning and background development.