Quem tem mais interesse pelo uso da informática na educação? Os professores mais jovens ou os mais velhos? – Um estudo correlacional

Abstract

Currently, generations of people who differ due to the use of technology are living in the society. Based on the ease with which dominate the media, a first observation about these generations may suggest a radical break between the younger and the older, but this perspective is flawed. Studies show that does not exist a class of older people resistant to computers and that the younger generation should not be seen as homogeneous [3, 5, 16]. This applies to the educational context, that includes teachers from different generations. Thus, given the interest that teachers have on the use of computers in education, would be the level of this interest related to the age of the teacher? If yes, who has more interest? The younger or older teachers? This is an important aspect to be considered in the characterization of the user profile in the development of educational software, as well as in the identification of the target audience for teacher training courses that approach issues related to technology. So, based on a study of correlation between the ages and indicators of teachers' interest that participated of an extension course at distance for the production of learning objects, this paper aims to answer these questions and discusses ways of generalization of its results.