Communication, Education and the Social Acceleration of Time in Brazilian Schools

The phenomenon of the social acceleration of time goes beyond the limits of societal macrostructures and starts to resonate in different spheres of daily life. Based on empirical research applied to 3,700 students and more than 500 Brazilian teachers, this article aims to demonstrate how new temporal perspectives, generated by the dissemination of digital technologies, affect the daily lives of teachers and students. With the results of the study, we will seek to demonstrate how educators are subjected to stressful working hours and how they live intensely with acceleration mechanisms. Among students, the data reveal that, through their smartphones used, even in the classroom they rearrange the experience with time and the very sense of education.