BELIEFS OF PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS TOWARDS THE USE OF ICT TOOLS IN THE LETRAS INGLÊS PROGRAMME AT UFSC

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This paper reports the results of a research which aimed at investigating (a) the use of ICT tools by both professors and students in the Letras Inglês programme at UFSC, (b) the beliefs of these professors and students concerning the use of ICT tools in that programme and (c) the relationship between the use of ICT tools in the programme and the professors and students’ beliefs towards this use. The data were collected from professors and students by means of online open-ended questionnaires, online semi-structured interviews and self-reports. The analysis consisted of interpretation and constructions of meanings from the triangulation of data. Results show that professors use a number of ICT tools in the courses they teach. Moreover, most professors and students expressed positive beliefs towards the use of ICT tools. However, a few students reported not to benefit from the way some tools were currently being employed. Finally, a good degree of coherence was found in the relationship between the use that both professors and students reported to make of ICT tools and their beliefs towards this use.