The contribution of distance education to teacher training in secondary education; a case study (Atena Editora)

Abstract

The article aims to reflect on the contribution of distance education in the training of secondary school teachers in the city of Beira, seeking to answer the following problem: What is the contribution of distance education in the training of secondary school teachers in the city of Beira? Its general objective is: to understand the contribution of distance education in the training of secondary education teachers, and its specific objectives: to raise the level of teacher enrollment in distance education; describe the training stage of secondary school teachers and analyze the contribution of distance education in the training of secondary school teachers. And the following questions are: how many teachers in the city of Beira join distance education? What is the training stage for secondary school teachers and what is the contribution of distance education in the training of secondary school teachers? The article is a case study, in which we adopt a qualitative approach with the interpretative paradigm. To collect data, we used a semi-structured interview, where the participants are trainee teachers trained in distance learning, assisting with document and content analysis. The study concluded that distance education contributes to the continuous training of teachers who are later classified according to their area of training.