Geração Touch Screen e a escola: novos desafios para pensar a infância

Abstract

This thesis developed in the Master's course aims to reflect on the new demands that the new information and communication technologies pose for professionals working in early childhood education to the extent that children here are considered to be members of the so-called Generation Touch Screen, are digital native and come to school early education integrated these technologies thus organize their ways of being in the world. In this perspective, the study also examines how the forms of conceiving a child change in this process, part of a series of meanings that the concept of childhood, understood as a cultural construct, suffers over time and in specific social contexts. The study was motivated by the observation of children between three and six years of age who are part of my social and family circle, including my four year old daughter, making use of technological devices available at home and in school. an exploratory survey conducted in a private institution was held, located in the neighborhood of Jacarepagua, West Zone of the City of Rio de Janeiro.