The Use of Facebook During the Emergency State by COVID-19: An Experience With Geography Students at the Higher Institute of Education Sciences of Benguela

Abstract

This article presents the results of the experience of teachers and students of the 2nd and 3rd Years of Teaching Degree in Geography at the Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of Benguela, of the Katyavala Bwila University, in the academic use of Facebook during the state emergency by COVID-19. The aim of the study was to analyze the potential of Facebook to support the teaching-learning process, as a contribution to the expansion of this tool to support Angolan teacher in the higher education institutions, in times of pandemic. The study is based on the theoretical frameworks that place Facebook among the most used tools and with important results in its adaptation to support classroom teaching, especially in times of crisis. For this purpose, a questionnaire for data collection was elaborated, based on the dimensions and indicators determined from the theoretical considerations assumed in this study. The results obtained place Facebook as the most used social network in support of face-to-face education, despite the contextual difficulties associated with the type of phones, in the absence of computers at home, the poor quality of the internet and constant lack of data balance, which they limit the sharing of video lessons and other documents, limiting themselves to the exploration of written discussion tools, which limits the training and development of other domains of learning, such as the psycho-motor forum.