The polyphonia of teachers on the Brazil-Venezuela border: Didactic-pedagogic challenges in the coronavirus pandemic

Abstract

The following text aims to analyze the didactic-pedagogical challenges experienced by teachers during the Coronavirus Pandemic.  For that purpose, the ambience of the Colégio Estadual Militarizado Cícero Vieira Neto (C.E.M.C.V.N.) was chosen..In order to do that, the locus of the research took place in the surroundings of the Colégio Estadual Militarizado Cícero Vieira Neto (C.E.M.C.V.N.), located in the city of Pacaraima, state of Roraima. The choice of the school is justified by its geographical position, since Pacaraima borders the Venezuelan city of Santa Elena de Uairén, in addition to having Venezuelan students enrolled in that teaching unit. Thus, the qualitative approach was privileged based on the case study and the contribution of the Oral History methodology through semi-structured interviews. However, due to the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) it was necessary to make some adjustments and devise some strategies to handle the production, systematization and analysis of data, among the strategies, the use of video calls with the help of the Google Meet, in addition to the application of questionnaires through Google Forms. The strategies proved to be satisfactory during the investigation because they protected the interviewees and the interviewer due to the feeling of insecurity in the face of COVID-19. From the field research and interviews, it is possible to infer that the dynamics and educational uniqueness in the C.E.M.C.V.N permeates through the challenges of the linguistic barrier that requires the search for didactic-pedagogical alternatives in order to mitigate the obstacles of and in the teaching and learning process. Furthermore, the research results indicate the Border as a sociocultural space where there is not only the circularity of people, but also of cultures and different knowledge, in addition to social and cultural tensions, particularly with the migratory boom of Venezuelans, fleeing the crisis in the neighboring country, since 2014.