Aplicação de metodologia participativa para desenvolver habilidades sociais nos estudantes na aprendizagem de eletricidade

Abstract

The present research is justified in the evidence observed by the author that, within the perspective of social and behavioral interactions, many students had difficulties in interacting with colleagues in group activities. Still, due to the low participation in the classes, in the way which the teachers traditionally taught their classes, demotivation in learning physics, in addition to the intense competitiveness ingrained among them. This work aims to create a proposal for experimental physics procedures adapted to the methodology of Cooperative Learning (CL), through electricity kits, as a strategy to stimulate social skills in these students and motivate them to learn Physics. The research seeks, through the potential of interaction among peers, to probe and answer the following questions: i) how the CL can stimulate students' skills to mobilize, articulate and put into practice knowledge, values, attitudes to relate with each other? ii) how can the CL, in a physics class, allow a more active environment and higher quality of social interactions between these students? The procedure used for the development of the research was the case study, collecting data through the author's direct observation grids and a self-assessment questionnaire completed by the students participating in the classes. The sample is consisted of 30 students from a Second Year High School class at a public military school in Ceará, from August to November 2019. It was used in carrying out this work with students, activity sheets adapted to the CL and implemented by experimental electricity kit (electro-kit), which make up the Educational Product (EP). The findings obtained in the study shows that the application of CL in experimental activities provided students with considerable stimulation of their social skills, such as attitudes of responsibility, critical thinking, dialogue, listening to others, concentration, exposure and sharing of ideas , in addition to favoring a more active and investigative environment in the classroom