The teacher’s role in the interaction among peers in an extracurricular activity. Study of an experience in a school channel of online TV

Abstract

Research on interaction in the formal learning processes shows pedagogy as centered on the teaching figure, even in collaborative activities. Looking for ways to reconfigure the role of teachers, it is pertinent to investigate the instances of interaction between students, with the participation of teachers, occurring in school within nonformal educational activities. Using conversational analysis strategies, we studied the interactions between a group of students and a teacher during their work meetings in an online television production project, as an
extracurricular activity of voluntary participation. The results show that this experience generates a dynamic of openness and flexibility that makes possible the active and critical participation of students. Nevertheless, we also found that for the teaching figure, the role of promoter and head of the activity persists while being challenged by student participation.