Melhoria da aprendizagem utilizando estudantes propagadores

Abstract

The problem of shortage of teachers in the country, especially physics teachers, is very worrying when we think of the long-term education. One possible cause of this problem lie in the training of teachers and the avoidance thereof Universities. Aiming to deal with this problem, especially related to evasion, developed a project entitled propagators students, applied to a class of newly entered students of BSc in Physics from the Federal University of Ceará. The project, using part of an experiment conducted at Harvard University, shows that the interaction of learning between students can be very profitable complementing the learning relationship with the teacher. The great advantage of this interaction, can be credited to the language used among students. Because there is no hierarchy, it is believed that the language becomes more accessible to the students. Based on this assumption, we use the idea of propagators students working as motivators help clarify the concepts in the physics course. This study enabled us do a comparative analysis between the quantitative results obtained by students who participated in the project and those who chose not to participate. We also present a comparison with the results observed in previous years for the same discipline. The controversial points are the responsibility placed in propagators who are students of 1st semester and means of evaluation that are not homogeneous enough to ensure a more appropriate comparison.