Technology and =nnovation in the Inova Educação Program: continuing education from the teachers' perspective

Abstract

The Inova Educação Project introduced three new disciplines into São Paulo's Basic Education system. In this article, we investigate teachers' perceptions of training in the Technology and Innovation discipline. Content analysis was used to analyze the data, obtained through semi-structured interviews with four teachers who participated in the training and taught the discipline. The research revealed that the lack of specialized teachers, the large number of students, the absence of a predetermined curriculum, limited access to course materials, the lack of theoretical foundation, and the absence of technical support were the main challenges faced by teachers. These challenges led to the widespread use of teaching through the Alura platform.