Pedagogical Possibilities and Limits Oof the Use Of WhatsApp In the Early Years of Elementary School ; Possibilidades e Limites Pedagógicos do Uso do WhatsApp nos Anos Iniciais do Ensino Fundamental.

This study addresses the pedagogical possibilities and limits of using the WhatsApp application as a didactic-pedagogical resource in the classes of the 1st Year of Elementary School. It occurred in the context of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, years of 2020 to 2022, where teachers were challenged in online classes. It is a research with a qualitative approach that aimed to identify and analyze pedagogical potentialities of the use of WhatsApp in a class of the 1st Year of Elementary School, in the municipality of Santana-AP. The participants in this investigation were the class teacher and her 24 students. A semi-structured interview and a systematized observation of remote classes were adopted to collect information with the teacher, in the months of August and September 2021, via the WhatsApp class group. A conversation circle was also held with the students. The results enable to affirm that the WhatsApp application presents potentialities to develop innovative pedagogical practices, as it reconfigures the classroom as a place and time, building new teaching and learning processes, helping to develop digital competences. As limits, were identified that the access to the connection by students is unequal; not everyone has a cell phone at home; a 'family mediator' is needed with the student during the class, but the digital illiteracy of some parents makes it difficult to help. In conclusion, the use of WhatsApp with children-students in the construction of knowledge does not replace face-to-face, but expands the possibilities of ways of teaching, establishing it as a didactic-pedagogical resource that can enhance learning. Keywords: Teaching. Pedagogical practices. Digital technologies. WhatsApp ; Este estudo apresenta possibilidades e limites pedagógicos da utilização do aplicativo WhatsApp como recurso didático-pedagógico nas aulas do 1º Ano do Ensino Fundamental. Ele ocorreu no contexto da pandemia do coronavírus da COVID-19, anos de 2020 a 2022, onde professores se desafiaram em aulas online. É uma ...