POLITICIZING THE DIGITAL: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CRITIQUE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1809-3876.2020v18i3p1509-1530

Keywords:

Education, Digital technologies, Educational technologies, Digital sociology, Neil Selwyn.

Abstract

This essay aims to discuss the link between education and technologies, providing elements for a critique of digital education, based on the dialogue with Neil Selwyn’s ideas. As a result, it points out that the core of the aforementioned debate is riddled with explanatory and interpretive vices that, in general, derive from technological determinism. Finally, it describes the principles and objectives of digital sociology, reflecting on its analytical potential in relation to the problems involving school/educational appropriations of information and communication technologies.

Author Biography

Gilson Cruz Junior, Instituto de Ciências da Educação Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará

Doutor em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2016), possui graduação em Educação Física pela Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (2009) e mestrado em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2012). Atualmente é professor adjunto no Instituto de Ciências da Educação da Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (ICED/UFOPA).

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Published

2020-09-28

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