As relações afetivas na aprendizagem em educação a distância.

Abstract

The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the perception of a group of tutors and pupils of EAD about: a) the occurrence of affective exchanges in this modality of education; b) the importance attributed to it by the individuals interviewed; and c) the influence of these exchanges in learning. Since the EAD is important because contributes for the democratization of education, allowing that more pupils can attend university, it is essential to do it with high quality standards. With this research, I intend to contribute with information that can lead to this quality. The theoretical revision which supported this research includes a short debate about the EAD, about affection and education and about the importance of affection in the EAD. For this reason, it has been used the ideas of authors such as Belloni, Kenski, Vigotski, Freire, Arantes and Moran. The data was collected by semi-structured interviews, with three tutors and four pupils enrolled in distance learning courses aiming to make a group of individuals that could present variety, according to the rules which guide the processes of sampling in the qualitative researches. The results, based in theoretical and empirical categories come from the analysis of data of the interviews, it has been complemented by the information obtained in a model study that also contributed to orientate the collection of data of the main investigation. The affective exchanges according to the individuals who have participated in the research, took place in the EAD. They are showed among the pupils and tutors, in presencial and distance learning, and among the pupils, especially in group work. The presence of affective exchanges is considered important in order to develop the learning and the motivation of the pupils.