Aplicação da tutoria rotativa como forma de ensino e aprendizagem de software em engenharia

Abstract

It's noticed that the learning process, around the world, is a method to collect, passively, informations given by an active agent, known as teacher. However, technology’s advancement requires the development of easier and faster learning methods, been unnecessary the knowledge concentration in a few people. Due to this, the group “PET,Civil”, from Federal University of Ceará (UFC), developed an activity, called “CooperaPET”, based on the application of rotative tutoring method as an improvement tool in software’s learning process. According to the stipulated content plan of the organizing committee of the activity, it consisted in conditioning a previous study of the software’s tutorial, dividing the contents between the participants who should studied it and pass on to others in previously schedule meetings. Considered tutors, these were given the responsibility to prepare ways to improve the others learning. Despite the difficulty felt due to the application of this innovative methodology, the activity provided to the group a greater learning autonomy and it could be verified that the more practical activities conquest more easily the students interest.