ARE WE EXPERIENCING A NEOTECHNICIST SCENARIO IN EDUCATION? A SURVEY ON THE USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN PEDAGOGICAL WORK

Abstract

The article examines the role of digital technologies in school education, addressing its possibilities, limits and contradictions in the pedagogical context, as well as its relationship with the neotechnicist approach, a strand of pedagogical technicism that had a significant influence in Brazil in the second half of the twentieth century.  investigating the connection between the current use of these technologies in the school environment and the characteristic elements of the neotechnicist approach. The methodology used was the narrative literature review, with the analysis of articles related to the theme, available in the CAPES journal database. Studies were selected that explore the technicality in Brazilian education, public policies and official documents that guide the implementation of digital technologies in the educational context, as well as experiences of using these technologies as pedagogical tools. The investigation identified possibilities for the pedagogical use of digital technologies, alongside criticisms related to teacher training and available infrastructures, emphasizing the role of teachers in the pedagogical process and emphasizing digital technologies as a means, and not as an end in themselves.