ROBÓTICA EDUCACIONAL COMO CONTRIBUIÇÃO NA FORMAÇÃO DE NOVOS PROFESSORES DE TECNOLOGIA: UMA EXPERIENCIA NO ENSINO SUPERIOR

Abstract

This study is a reference about the use of Educational Robotics, by means of the initial teachers training process of Licenciatura em Informática Educacional (LIE) [Degree in Educational Informatics] from the Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará - UFOPA [Federal West University of Pará]. Considering the perspective of how the student in the initial training of two LIE classes sees and perceives in Educational Robotics and its use as an alternative and dynamism in different areas of knowledge and how that TIC (Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação) [Information and Communication Technology] can be used to improve teaching and learning processes. It also aims to respond to students in initial formation, realize Educational Robotics as an important strategic base and its importance in the teaching and learning processes, involving content of the curricular component Basic Prototyping and Educational Robotics, based on preparation and discussion involving the use of activities performed during classes. The point is that the technology has great potential and has been explored through several research in the field of education, it can be noted that through it, along the issues seen in the development of this investigation, various usage possibilities will be noticed for its application. The methodology used was based on a qualitative approach, given that the methodological procedures were drawn from the development of a bibliographic research, which first checks the works related to the theme, where correlated studies in Educational Robotics were raised through research bases- from 2016 to 2019. The theoretical ground involved studies based on elements of constructivism, constructionism, cultural historical theory and computational thinking. The second part of the methodology was based on exploratory research, which provided the researcher to familiarization as the object of study to be used within the teaching experiment. After those results, we could realize on the development of the activities and the observation process and the application of data collection instruments occurred. The results from the investigations conducted showed that so that there is a good perception in relation to robotics in the initial training of the teacher in technology, this training must awaken in the future teacher an understanding in relation to certain technology, that in this work it was provided through the initial experiments carried out. Furthermore, future technology teachers believe that robotics for pedagogical use can be a strategy that wakes up a greater student engagement when applied in disciplines that are part of the curricular grid of basic education when applied in disciplines that are part of the curricular grid of basic education.