STEAM e a produção de narrativas em língua inglesa durante a residência pedagógica: um relato de experiência por um professor em formação na turma Young Coders

Abstract

The Pedagogical Residency Program proposed in the year 2024 the use of the STEAM approach within the Fortaleza and Metropolitan Region public educational system, with international support from the United States Embassy and Consulate in Recife, University of South Carolina, and the Federal University of Ceará. It aimed as a pilot study to validate the approach used amongst many American schools in the Brazilian domain. For this, Technology was used as a pair discipline from the STEAM approach (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Design, and Mathematics), and the Scratch (MIT) Platform was adopted, aiming to promote engaging and motivating classes through step and project-based outlook, students were instructed in building interactive games with short narratives in English. This research had a qualitative/quantitative frame, in which first were made class observations and interviews with students participating in the project after pre and post-tests were applied having the VKS (Vocabulary-Knowledge Scale) as a model to follow to serve as comparative data at the end of it. At the completion of the pilot study students’ written productions were analyzed using the TTR (Type-Token Ratio) tool for qualitative inquiry. It was possible to perceive at the culmination of the project better linguistic gain and engagement from participating students, as well as the development of original and creative projects by them.