Tecnologias Digitais de Informação e Comunicação no ensino de Ciências da Natureza: análise dos recursos na abordagem do tema Terra e Universo

Abstract

The insertion of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (DICT) in the school context opens up paths for learning innovation with new teaching practices and methodologies, changing students' interest. This research was carried out, having as its theme the use of TDIC in the Teaching of Natural Sciences. Its objective was to investigate the contribution of using TDIC in the study of the thematic unit Earth and Universe in teaching, in the Final Years of Elementary School (EF). The study is characterized as qualitative, in relation to its objectives it is identified as exploratory and according to its procedures, it is classified as a pedagogical intervention. The following data collection instruments were used in the research: participant observation, field diary and questionnaire. To analyze the data obtained, the Content Analysis methodology was used. 12 students from a seventh year PE class from a municipal public school in the Campanha region of Rio Grande do Sul participated in the research. The main results include: engagement of participants in the development of the proposed activities; favoring collaborative work; visualization of concepts using technological tools in a way that approximates the real specifications, since the resources adopted made use of images and/or movements that made these results possible; understanding of the topics studied with the mediation of technological resources. It is expected that the results described here will contribute to improvements in the Teaching of Natural Sciences, especially in relation to the use of TDIC in the classroom.