Integração de tecnologia educacional ao ensino médio: estudo de caso sob a ótica da pedagogia de projetos

Abstract

The research was conducted with the main objective of exploiting possible contributions for educational technology integration, in high school activities, when in the form of a work project. In this sense, the extension project of the Universidade Federal de Lavras, denominated "Léo, o robô de Da Vinci" was investigated. Such project was applied at a public school in Lavras, MG, Brazil, in 2013, with the participation of 20 students organized into four groups and one high school teacher, in addition to a multidisciplinary team of the university. This investigation was characterized as a descriptive-exploratory research, with a case study design and qualitative approach. Printed documental registries, which derive from participant statements and field journals, videos and images were analyzed by means of the content analysis technique. The results point that the Projeto Léo presents conceptual characteristics for the pedagogy of projects, that its application has considerably expanded the use of different types of technologies to study, and this generated the expansion of the use of technological resources in the daily life of the students. It was also observed that most students presented different trajectories in terms of attitudes and the content learning indicators were maintained in intermediate to elevated levels along the project. As additional gains, the elevation of interpersonal relations between participants, as well as the establishment of social dynamics which contribute to the students' learning were highlighted. The methodological design of the research, as well as the elaborated observation instruments, might be adopted for the evaluation of other work projects.