A informática e suas possibilidades no ensino de ciências

Abstract

This article refers to the analysis of results obtained from the application of an action research, of nature interventionist in order to promote with the teacher the use of computers in science classes of Grade 7, the State School for Primary Education Coronel Urbano das Chagas, with the videos and resources webquest to thereby innovate the teaching practice, opening new paths for students to develop the ability to think and provide conditions to make decisions in school and beyond. The teacher being the articulator of its students and partner in the search process of learning. The applied research project provided an opportunity to explore videos available on the Internet as a way used as a tool to collaborate in the learning process. The videos chosen according to the content being taught, students are guided by the teacher in their interpretation, assisting in the understanding of the subject explained in the classroom, appearing thus as a teaching supplement that transforms the traditional way of teaching and motivate students to a collective construction of knowledge. The creation of the webquest as a resource mediating participatory and dynamic process of researching learning, transforming the traditional classroom in-class research, when teacher and students work together in performing the tasks. It was concluded that there is a need to train teachers to use, with a range of these resources. Running a good plan integrating its practice as well as the need to foster in students a taste for discovering new meanings in the information, promoting in this way, the cooperative construction of knowledge, out of passivity. Teachers and students must learn to learn.