Educacao and Realidade
Volume 43, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1077-1094

Digital knowledge and its urgencies: Reflections on digital immigrants and digital natives [Saber digital e suas urgências: Reflexões sobre imigrantes e nativos digitais] (Article) (Open Access)

Coelho P.M.F. , Costa M.R.M. , Mattar Neto J.A.
  • a Universidade Metodista de São Paulo (UMSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • b Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • c Centro Internacional Universitário (Uninter), Curitiba, PR, Brazil, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Abstract

The proposals of Don Tapscott (apud Pres-cott, cott, 2008) and Prensky (2012) are discussed in the educational sphere, evidencing the emergence of a new generation of individuals associated with Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). This study reflects on the interferences and the potentialities of ICTs, proposing a scale between the knowledge of digital natives and immigrants (Prensky, 2001), from the theoretical-methodological perspective of French semiotics (Fontanil-le; Zilberberg, 2001). The main educational policies in the Brazilian context in favor of digital education are also discussed, from professional development to the implementation of technologies in school. From theory to pedagogical practice, this is the path outlined in this study. © 2018, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,Faculdade de Educacao. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Education Digital immigrant Digital native Semiotics Digital knowledge

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85061388239&doi=10.1590%2f2175-623674528&partnerID=40&md5=a6de40030d13f643122d52aad3c97bff
DOI: 10.1590/2175-623674528
ISSN: 01003143
Original Language: Portuguese