The Multimedia TV in Paraná State Public Teachers’ Pedagogical Practice: a diagnosis based on Theory of Activity

Abstract

This article presents the result of an investigation about the use of Multimedia TV in the Paraná State web public Teachers’ pedagogical practices. It identifies the importance and contribution of the apparatus to the teaching and learning process, as well as analyzes the teacher's perception about the permanence of the equipment in the school space. This is a qualitative methodological research, with questionnaire application to teachers through the Google form. The collected data were analyzed through the Theory of Activity (LEONTIEV, 2014) in an attempt to understand the process in its entirety. The research found evidence that teachers who use the equipment attribute meaning to their pedagogical experience mediated by the technological instrument. It is observed that a large part of the teachers who answered the questionnaire use TV Multimedia, as it is the only multimedia equipment available in the classroom.