O uso de novas tecnologias de informação e comunicação nas salas de aula da Faculdade de direito da Universidade Federal do Ceará: ferramentas agregadoras ou disruptivas do processo de ensino-aprendizagem?

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the role that the new information and communication technologies have in the classes taught in the scope of the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Ceará. Therefore, in addition to correlating in abstract those contemporary tools with the concern revealed by those who are dedicated to discuss new paradigms brought by the methodology of the legal education, a research was carried out with three groups of students of referred course, to probe the perceptions of the students regarding the employment and the results of the use of the mentioned information and communication technologies. As a result of the survey realized, it was verified that more than half of the teachers of the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Ceará effectively are adopting the aforementioned instrument to facilitate the teaching-learning process. According to the group of surveyed students, this teacher’s posture, even with any deficiencies, has the virtue of greatly facilitating the teaching-learning process. In addition, the students have also confirmed the effectiveness of new information and communication technologies as an useful form of interaction that can be explored outside the classroom to add new elements to the content taught in the classroom by teachers.