GUIMARAES, Jane Mary de Medeiros. Education, Globalization and Long Distance Education. A Reflection about Educational Policies in Brazil. []. , 9, pp.139-158. ISSN 1645-7250.

This article intends to reflect the Educational Politics adopted in Brazil in its reference to the actions and programs in the area of Long Distance Education, as well as to the insertion of Information Technologies and Communication in this field. Later, it approaches the process of globalization and the new demands for information and knowledge, and the possibilities of changes that the Information Technologies and Communication could provide. The article also argues the pedagogical use of Internet, which provides significant changes in education, mainly for the knowledge production speed, what demands from the teachers a constant update.

: Globalization; Cyberspace; Long distance education; Internet.

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