Facebook como estratégia de aproximação família x escola: análise de uma proposta desenvolvida em um centro de educação infantil da rede municipal de ensino de São Paulo

Abstract

The contemporary society is embedded in a frequent transformation process. New information and communication technologies are font of changing in our society, which are slowly connecting each self with educational activities, that is done inside the scholar world. The following research aims to explore the potential of social networks in early childhood education from a technique developed in a Centro de Educação Infantil – CEI, part of São Paulo’s municipal education network, with a view to analyzing the different possibilities of sharing pedagogical experiences and learning on first childhood, that approaches the family and the school. It also aims to get possible the opportunity of getting clear about how caring and teaching are inseparable, even more at this step of learning. About the chosen approach to the research, it will be qualitative, because of the intention of knowing the social group in question. Based on the objectives, the research is going to be exploratory and about the proceedings, the research is based on a case study. The used tools to data collect were the systematic observation of a Facebook timeline from the analyzed class and also a quis to the families, powered by Google forms. The results show that the page was mainly used to share passed events. The most shared subjects were about the pedagogical expositions done with the children. Besides that, the less shared subjects were about external information and educational publication, which shows the disinterest in activities and publications that might help the human development. The most frequent reaction was the “like” button. About the educational proposes of Facebook, it was clear that there is still an exploring gap, because the subjects that could contribute to the exchange of experiences between families and teachers were the less shared and reacted posts.