Digital literacy: From the use of digital technologies to the formation of Portuguese speaking teachers, what is discussed about this?

Abstract

In this study we present some proposals regarding the initial and continuous training of Portuguese teachers in the use of digital communication technologies as a strategy for re-elaboration and reconfiguration of their pedagogical practices. The technological and digital transformations that have been occurring in society and which consequently affect the interior of the classrooms have interfered in our pedagogical practices and in the relationships between teaching and learning, requiring of us, teachers, a constant search for formation. The purpose of this text is to reflect on the subject of digital information and communication technologies in the teacher formation process and about the design of digital literacy as a resource in the mediation of teaching and learning for teachers of Portuguese language. For that, we present a qualitative research, based on a bibliographical reflection, taking as theoretical contribution the studies of Castells and Cardoso (2005), by Coscarelli (2016), regarding digital technologies, as well as Soares's researches (2012) and Xavier (2005) on digital literacy. The studies point to the improvement in the initial and continuing training of teachers, in the case of Portuguesespeaking teachers, in order to offer and experience literacy situations digitally inside and outside classrooms.