Pedagogical Aggregation Course, Technologies Module. (Original)

Abstract

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play a revolutionary role in society and at school; they bring changes in the ways of relating, acting, thinking, dialoguing, exchanging information and experiences and producing knowledge. The Higher Polytechnic Institute of Porto Amboim (ISUP), from the Cuanza Sul Province, Angola, in its program for the continuous training of teachers; planned a training course in ICTs for the teachers of this institution; in order to encourage the evolution of critical thinking and the capacity for innovation and collaboration of teachers, for the development of their teaching activities through the use of ICTs. The hygienic sanitary measures adopted by the Republic of Angola to face the spread of COVID-19 reinforced the need to carry out the training course in order to be able to continue with the social object of ISUP through distance education. A diagnostic was applied to 52 teachers, which showed a low rate of use of ICT by them in their pedagogical practice, among which 23% of the use of digital platforms stand out; of this result, only 4% have mastered Moodle. The course was given over a period of 15 days, and according to the assessment of the tasks, the course participants were trained in the use of ICTs. The response of the survey applied at the end of the course showed that the objectives of the course were achieved.