Produção de materiais autorais digitais educacionais como ferramenta auxiliar na aprendizagem de Biologia no Ensino Médio

Abstract

The search for alternatives that help the teaching-learnig process, which can provide diversified and attractive metodologies for students, it’s a very common topic in education. In this context, the use of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (TDIC), have been recognized as very positive in several surveys over the last few years, as well as the use of actives methodologies, that proposes the studant as the focus in education, through the development of their skills, talents, creativity, protagonist initiative and of reflective criticality. The present study addresses the developing Educational Authorial Digital Materials (MADE) envolving the use of TDIC and conceptions of actives metodologies, and analyzes, based on the use this resource, its contributions to education. Therefore, the objective was to analyze the production of MADE as a Biology learnig tool for high school students. The research developed was characterized as a case study with a qualitative / quantitative approach, which was applied in a state school of professional education in Maracanaú- CE, involving two 1st grade high school classes, with a number of 84 students with an average age between 15 and 16 years old. The research was divided into the following stages: planning, application, data collection and analysis. The students were devided in groups that developed and presented different MADE addressing Biology contente. The data collection took place in two meeting with the classes based on observations and the application of two questionnaires, one initial applied on the first meeting, and one final applied on the second meeting, in addition to an interview formullary with for the school's Biology teacher. The data analysis occurred in an interpretative way. The results show that the MADE help students understand, benefiting constructive, interesting, dynamic and playful learning, as well as the union of active methodologies and TDIC opens up opportunities to innovate in educational practices and promote student's development of formative skils, such as creativity and refletive criticility.