Uso de ambiente virtual de aprendizagem no estudo de conceitos do princípio de Arquimedes

Abstract

The manifestation of difficulties linked to the teaching and learning process affects the different levels of teaching and curricular components, among them Physics. This work proposes the use of in a virtual learning environment (AVA), seeking to contemplate the multiple intelligences of the students, providing them with integral training in order to build knowledge about the thematically worked. The research had the objective of analyzing the contributions of the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the approach of concepts related to the Archimedes Principle in a course of Nature Sciences - Licenciatura. The application provided an interaction of academics through the Instruction to Peers method. Twenty-six undergraduate students enrolled in a curricular component of Physics that includes Fluid Mechanics participated in the study. The study was based on Gardner's ideas regarding the Multiple Intelligences Theory, Ausubel on meaningful learning and Peters, Costa, Oliveira and others, regarding the use of ICT in teaching. The data collected were analyzed using Bardin's theory of content analysis (2015). From the analysis of this intervention we can gather results such as the intimacy of academics with the use of videos in the process of building knowledge, interest in virtual simulations and ICT resources and the mastery of the scientific concepts they provide. In addition, the interest and motivation demonstrated by the students in the use of the technologies in the classroom became evident.