Boundaries and possibilities of new technologies in the school environment, a look at structural barriers in classrooms and laboratories

Abstract

The work in question arose from the need to discuss the problem related to structural barriers in classrooms and laboratories of the educational institution for the implementation and use of ICTs. Therefore, the objective of this work is to analyze the limits and possibilities of new technologies in the school environment, specifically in the classroom or laboratories, and to identify structural barriers in the use of ICTs contained in educational institutions. For this, the bibliographic review was used, through a qualitative research with empirical observations on the subject in question. Two campuses of two universities were selected for undergraduate degree, one in the interior of Sao Paulo and another in the interior of Goias. It is concluded that structural barriers represent a challenge to be broken by the analyzed campuses; however, it represents only a small part of the problems of ICT implantation and use in educational institutions. Other problems, such as: lack of confidence, resistance to change and negative attitudes and lack of perception of benefits, lack of access to resources, lack of time, lack of effective training and technical problems, have arisen.