NEW TIMES, NEW PERSPECTIVES: GIVING NEW MEANING TO REFLECTIVE WRITING IN INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF DIDACTIC-DIGITAL LITERACIES¹

ABSTRACT:

Our work aims to analyze the processes of (trans) formation of future Portuguese language teachers in the Languages course for didactic-digital literacy practices from reflective writing in critical reviews. Situated in the interdisciplinary field of Applied Linguistics, we developed a set of literacy events at, for, and about the teaching workplace during a Didactic Multiliteracies Program, which enabled the engagement of future teachers in collaborative didactic projects in real school contexts. The results revealed that didactic-digital literacy can be constructed from the representations of teaching being and acting, oriented to how these subjects signify, project, and operate reflective writing in the teaching and learning practices of the Brazilian mother tongue for the didactic multiliteracy materials. We argue that these practices can collaborate in the responsive and responsible uses of writing in formative contexts of (future) teachers.

Keywords:
Reflective writing; Didatic-digital literacies; Teacher initial education