Digital Connections: Website Development with AI andFreirean Pedagogical Practices
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; methodological device; Cyberculture;Research-training
RAMOS, Jorcivan Silva. Digital Connections: Website Development with AI andFreirean Pedagogical Practices. 2025. 85 p. Thesis (PhD in Education,Contemporary Contexts and Popular Demands). Institute ofEducation/Multidisciplinary Institute. Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro,Seropédica/Nova Iguaçu, RJ, 2025.This paper investigates how the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in websitedevelopment can promote critical and reflective training for students in the technicalcourse in Internet Computing integrated into high school, articulating technologicalpractice with a critical and humanizing pedagogical approach, based on PauloFreire's pedagogy and the context of cyberculture. The proposed methodologicaldevice guides students in the development of websites using AI technologies,configuring a training space that integrates theory, practice and critical reflection,according to the principles of research-training in cyberculture. The methodologyvalues liberating dialogue, critical thinking and the collective construction ofknowledge, stimulating students' autonomy and authorship in digital environments.The Front-End Development discipline at the Instituto Federal Goiano served as thecontext for the application of the device, which involves activities structured inbimonths, the use of digital reflective diaries and continuous interaction withgenerative AI. The students' records demonstrate technical appropriation, ethicalsensitivity and critical engagement, highlighting the potential of using AI as apedagogical technology that transcends mere technological instrumentalization.Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; methodological device; Cyberculture;Research-training.