A community of practice of primary school teachers – 2nd year of implementation

Abstract

ABSTRACT This primary school teachers’ (1CEB) community of practice started its activity in the school year 2020/2021, being organized around three main goals: i) implement a small community of practice with 1CEB teachers, focusing on issues related to the curricular integration of Digital Technologies (DT); ii) create lesson plans and other materials for the 1CEB, where DT assume its role of cross curricular integration area; iii) share small common projects and iv) discuss the implementation of classroom activities. In its first year, the community of practice was implemented exclusively in a virtual model (Virtual Community of Practicefirst year of implementation, it was decided that the community should continue in the school year 2021/22, extending its scope to new teachers. Thus, after the second year of implementation, it is necessary to analyse the work developed. To do so, we sought to understand the community members’ opinions about the work developed through a participatory action-research. Data were collected through direct observation and a questionnaire. The initial analysis already carried out reveals many positive aspects of the work developed, namely in terms of cooperation, doubt clarification, the exchange of experiences, asking questions without fear of making mistakes, among others.