Possibilidades didático-metodológicas presentes na rede social Orkut: contribuições para o ensino de química

• Ano de defesa: 2012
• Autor(a) principal: VAZ, Wesley Fernandes
• Orientador(a): SOARES, Marlón Herbert Flora Barbosa
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Goiás
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Doutorado em Química - Programa Multiinstitucional UFG/UFMS/UFU
• Departamento: Quimica
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: ensino de química; tecnologias de informação e comunicação; redes sociais; Orkut
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Chemistry teaching; information and communication technologies; social networking; Orkut
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::QUIMICA
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/2856

The information and communication technologies (ICTs) have changed the ways of society to communicate, and relate mainly to learn. This expansion and popularization of technology, more specifically the interconnection of personal computer to the Internet were called cyberspace (LÉVY, 1999). In this form, relations hips occur in the virtual world so that which was previously restricted to the physical space, expanded into the various types of interaction. These innovations enhance the formation of social networks. A common feature of social networks is the sharing of information, interests and goals. Such communities may be related to the idea of collaboration, which people act cooperatively in community, in order to produce common works. All this context suggests new approaches to confront the current traditional system of teaching and learning, which is characterized by the transmission of contents, conditional on major subjects. Thus, among many possibilities that ICTs offers, we chose to analyze and reflect on the social networking in terms of types, content, objectives and discussion of specific chemical, in order to devise possible ways of using Orkut in teaching chemistry. For this survey, we intend to analyze further the epistemological assumptions on existing sites, such as Orkut in terms of discourses of its participants. We analyzed 13 of the 1105 communities found related to chemistry and to provide at least 50 members. The results show that the purpose of users to join the community and a sense of affinity and the few discussions, appearing in relation to the chemical, are based on general matters, as a form of entertainment using the scientific knowledge. The topics which address chemical contents, lose the opportunity for discussion because of the lack of an active moderator. Regarding the view of science teachers, we noticed a strong presence in the positivist view of the participants, a reflection of what happens in a real society. Thus, it appears that Orkut and social networking community which contains for the use of discussion forums is definitely not the locus of knowledge, although it may provide moments of informal learning.