O Facebook como ferramenta de aprendizagem no ensino de sociologia

Abstract

This paper presents the development of a research that contemplates the theme of practical methodologic strategies for the theoric teaching of sociology, using Facebook as a didactic tool in the teaching and learning relationship. This research uses an empiric base and contains in-depth interviews using open-ended questions, taken between October and November 2015, with 4 high school teachers from Santa Maria. The goal of this research was to acknowledge the perception of these teachers to the theme. The paper also bases itself in the documentary film “Uma escola entre redes sociais”, which tells how teachers and the school community from Rio de Janeiro/RJ uses and relates to Facebook. This research proposes to answer “if there is a social relation between teacher and student inside Facebook and how they share this space, going beyond the classroom, to discuss theory about sociology?”. From this question, the investigation has aimed to reveal if these professors use the Comunication and Information Technologies inside the classroom and if they are open to use Facebook in sociology’s learning and teaching process.