Educação e autonomia no ciberespaço : interrogações sobre a EAD on-line

Abstract

The thesis presented here relies on Cornelius Castoriadis concept of autonomy, aiming to produce questions about distance learning online and its innovative potential, especially on the possible strengthening of a more democratic education and in facilitating the construction of students autonomy aided by new technologies. In order to accomplish its goal, this study proposes to reflect upon the characteristics of the human development model that not only has emerged from official documents, but also from abundant literature that has been produced to introduce DLE online degree courses in both public and private national universities. Our goal is to examine subject autonomy process potential advances and setbacks exhibited by many proposals for DLE online in Brazil. So as to cope with the goals presented here, part of the vast literature on the subject has been studied, within attention to cyberspace and cyberculture work with emphasis on Pierre Levy s elaborations, who has been one of the most cited authors in the literature. Moreover, the critical reflection on the anthropological question has been explored by the use of Winnicott construction of singularity referential work and the Hannah Arendt's reflection on the education political dimension.