Ensino de história africana e afro-brasileira por meio do letramento digital e midiático

Abstract

This research has as main objective to build an investigative path for the teaching of African and AfroBrazilian history through digital and media literacy. The methodological strategy was document analysis and literature review. As it is a professional master's degree, a pedagogical intervention was carried out, aimed at high school, based on the elaboration of a notebook with didactic sequences with practical examples of how to teach African and Afro-Brazilian history through digital literacy and media. The research started from the bibliographical analysis and the legislation about the teaching of African and Afro-Brazilian History in Brazil, thought from the difficulties usually found in the practice of this theme in basic education, especially in High School. Research was also carried out on the school in the Information Age and the need to use digital tools not as accessories, but in an effective and organic way, showing the advantages of its practice of teaching History. In this sense, this work proposes a methodology for teaching African and Afro-Brazilian History through digital and media literacy, in order to point out possible ways in which students and teachers move from users to qualified navigators, obtaining skills such as reading, thinking critical and production of knowledge about African and AfroBrazilian History, thus contributing in a respectful and democratic way within the digital environment.