THE LEARNING SCHOOL: THE SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTION OF THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT)

The present paper is the result of an investigation made in a private school belonging to the primary education in Portugal. It was intended with this work to actually study the potentialities of the practical use of the ICT by the teachers, by the 8th grade students and by their parents, trying to become another contribution towards the reflection on the use of the ICT at this teaching level. With this purpose and in a partnership with a group of teachers of different subjects of the 8th grade, the computer science platform A Turma do Vasquinho was drawn and implemented. From the collected evidence there appeared indicators that allow us to infer that the ICT will actually see come true that aspect which, as we see it, is their greatest pedagogic added value, while being a tool of educational innovation that may transform the way the education players learn, feel and live their school.