Education and the Covid-19 Pandemic: the importance of communication and information technologies in this scenario

Abstract

This research places the education debate in the pandemic context and, consequently, the distancing of social strata in relation to technological access, considered at that time as instruments of communication and knowledge. Thus, the study is justified by considering the magnitude of this challenge in the socioeconomic reality of the country, which was already present even before the beginning of the health crisis. Thus, we understand the challenges of remote study during the pandemic and how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) were important to bring students and teachers closer together in different crisis scenarios. The general objective seeks to analyze the impacts caused in education as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic in the Brazilian educational process, considering the importance of information technologies in this context. The research approaches the following methodology: it is a bibliographic research, considering the study of works published on the theme and presents a quali-quantitative approach, based on the survey and diversity of information on the subject in question. In this sense, it was observed that education suffered many impacts, such as digital exclusion; little internet access for many families in Brazil; the lack of material resources for schools and institutions; invasion of privacy and exposure of students and teachers; the lack of organization and actions carried out without any planning; the worsening of mental health promoted by social isolation and the insecurity of the future while the pandemic lasts. The results of the work, in short, showed the weaknesses of conducting education in Brazil in times of a pandemic, although, even before the pandemic, Brazilian education had structural and immaterial inequalities.