Revista Eletrônica: uma proposta pedagógica de construção colaborativa para o Ensino de Biologia

Abstract

The technological advances of the 21st century have brought about profound and significant changes in the forms of communication, in the social and work relations of contemporary societies. This reality therefore implies that these changes also occur in the teaching and learning processes. Thus, the teaching of Biology and that of other areas of knowledge, have undergone transformations determined by the use of new technologies and new social demands. Given this fact, it is necessary for teachers to seek appropriate training to learn how to use current resources, in order to improve their pedagogical practice and, with that, it is possible to form student-citizens, capable of making full use of technologies and conscious, contributing to the construction of a more just and fraternal society. In this perspective, this work aims to discuss the importance of using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education, through the creation of an electronic magazine, so that students can build knowledge in Biology that we consider essential to be used in everyday life. With that, it was possible to investigate and discuss the limits and possibilities of ICT as pedagogical tools, through an investigative approach, to favor the Teaching of Biology in a more interactive and collaborative way. This research presents, as a pedagogical product, the creation of an electronic magazine, with the participation of students from the 3rd year of high school at the Colégio Estadual Professor Mário Campos from the State Education Network of Rio de Janeiro, located in the city of Nilópolis. The electronic magazine functioned as a virtual learning environment, which allowed students to become protagonists, since students were co-authors of all the material produced and disseminated on the magazine's website. The magazine was evaluated based on the Content Analysis (Bardin, 2011) of the students' comments on the materials produced in the two editions that were published. The result was a greater diffusion and sharing of knowledge built in the discipline of Biology during the academic years of 2018 and 2019, in the 3rd year classes of High School.