O ensino da Geografia no Fundamental II: impacto das aulas remotas no período de pandemia para alunos de 6º ano de uma Escola Municipal de Delmiro Gouveia – AL

Abstract

Because of the social withdrawal, which occurred during the pandemic period, there was a need for greater use of digital information technologies in various segments of society. Among the various institutions affected by the social withdrawal is education, which found a way to continue through the digital technologies of video conferencing and social networks, as a means of bringing knowledge to students unable to be in the school environment. This paper investigated the influence of online classes and the damage caused to the teaching and learning process during the period of social withdrawal, due to COVID-19, on sixth grade students in Geography classes. For this work to be carried out, we initially sought to understand the use of information and communication technologies in human development and their importance both in the school environment and in people's daily lives; to seek which were the tools most used by Geography teachers before the social isolation, and, finally, to identify which were the greatest difficulties of learning and assimilation of Geography content faced by students in the pandemic scenario. The research sought to analyze how these students dealt with the use of information and communication technologies during social isolation, and if the online classes ended up generating learning difficulties for these students. To this end, we theoretically dialogued with some authors, such as Antunes (2010), Arruda (2020), Buarque (2008), Briski (2009), Callai (2010), Castrogiovanni (2007), Corrêa (1990), Lima (2016), Lorenzo (2011), Lemos (2009), Moreira (2005), Moran (2004), Rocha (2000), Santos (2020), Santana (2020), among other authors. The research was conducted after the emergency remote period, in the year 2023 with students who experienced the teaching of Geography remotely in the sixth grade, consisting of 36 students (male and female) from a public

educational institution. The results of the test were obtained through a semi- structured questionnaire; The results of the test were obtained through a semi- structured questionnaire, which presented the factors that made the learning process

more difficult for these students, with the results showing great learning difficulties due to the absence of direct contact with the teacher, where despite most students having cell phones and internet access, it was evident that the lack of interaction with the teacher, the lack of family assistance, and the lack of resources by some students was what made the teaching and learning process more difficult for these students in Geography classes during the pandemic, a factor that may cause some future problems in the educational development of these students.