DISTANCE EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL: TEACHER`S PERCEPTION

Abstract

In order to know the perception of secondary school teachers on the Secondary School Reform with emphasis on the challenges and possibilities of Distance Education (DE), a qualitative research was developed, specifically a case study, with four teachers from two public schools in the municipality of Maranguape-CE, in the metropolitan region of Fortaleza, through semi-structured interviews, submitted to a content analysis. It was found that the teachers had a restricted vision of the above-mentionedreform and that, in the perception of the teachers, the schools and the students of the public school were not prepared for a DE, either because of the precariousness of the technological infrastructure (computer and internet) of the schools, or the profile of the face-to-face student, who unlike what is desired for distance learning, is disorganized and unmotivated for autonomous study. It is concluded that, for the participants of the study, Secondary Education in ED format will be detrimental to both students and teachers, since the former do not have the necessary conditions to manage their own learning, and the latter will see their teaching function discredited.