A aprendizagem de física mediada por tecnologia de informação e comunicação (TIC): um estudo com base em teses e dissertações

Abstract

This Thesis aims to analyze how theses and dissertations from Southeast Region of Brazil approach the learning process of physics content mediated by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). For this purpose, we constituted a documental corpus by searching the Capes theses and dissertations catalog and the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. We selected the works based on the area of knowledge, research topic and the region of the higher education institution as selection criteria. Our main theorist is the Russian Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky. After selection, 20 dissertations were found for analysis. The methodological approach adopted in this research was qualitative. Data analysis and categorization were performed based on Bardin's perspective. Among the research results, we identified the existence of both difficulties and factors that facilitate the learning of Physics contents mediated by ICT. Among the difficulties, we highlight problems with the maintenance and management of ICT equipment, in addition to issues related to teacher education and the socioeconomic conditions of students. We also emphasize that the dissemination of actions undertaken by universities has the potential to positively impact the learning process in basic education schools and also at other levels of education. Furthermore, the students participating in the research understand that learning mediated by ICT makes students position themselves as subjects of the learning process, recognizing their prior knowledge as prerequisites for new knowledge.