Analysis of Schools’ Digital Inclusion Policies

This study is part of the Research Line Public Policies and Management in Education of the Master’s Degree Programme in Education at the Federal University of Uberlândia and its central theme is: 'The Digital Inclusion Policies of Municipal Public Schools in Uberlândia'. Based on a historical contextualization of computerized systems and the phenomenon of digital inclusion in the scope of Brazilian basic education, the purpose of this research is to describe and analyze the public policies of digital inclusion formulated and implemented in the municipal public school network of Uberlândia - RPME/UDI, in the period 1999-2012. The objectives of this work were: a) to describe and critically analyse the historical process of emergence and diffusion of computerized systems and their relationship with education as a possibility of promotion of public policies of 'digital inclusion'; b) to analyse the historical path of digital inclusion policies in the field of education, prescribed and developed in Brazil and; c) to describe and analyse the policies of digital inclusion, prescribed and instituted in the municipality of Uberlândia based on the study of official documentation and the perceptions of teachers.