Mini cases in teaching and learning in Science in Youth and Adult Education
Mini cases. Youth and Adult Education. Science teaching. Digital Technologies of Information and Communication.
This dissertation aims to investigate the use of mini cases associated with digital information and communication technologies, as didactic resources in the teaching and learning process in Science in Youth and Adult Education. Methodologically, this is qualitative and quantitative research aimed at the 4th period of Youth and Adult Education (EJA) in a public school in the city of Touros/RN. The study was appreciated and approved by the Ethics Committee of the University Hospital Onofre Lopes of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - HUOL/UFRN. Data collection took place through observations, application of activities and application of online forms. As a result, the study reveals that the application of mini cases related to Science content in the studied classes values the prior knowledge of students, making them capable of intervening in their social environment. The product generated by the research is a didactic guide with suggestions for the elaboration and application of mini cases in the classroom, to aid pedagogical practice in Youth and Adult Education. Finally, the study concludes that the use of mini cases associated with digital information and communication technologies favors the formation of active and participatory subjects, who understand knowledge as a whole.