The objective of this research is to appraise how audiovisual media is being used in classrooms by public schools teachers. Subjects are teachers of three municipal schools in Rio de Janeiro. Data were collected through questionnaires, observations and semi structured interviews, and were analysed through content analysis, thematic mode. Based upon literature concerning to mediations, media and education, and media, themes which came out during our research were analysed. Results indicates that most teachers consider as important the act to use media during classes, but they use it only as support to their activities or as an illustration of classes' subject.
media-education; mediations; media