O uso da tecnologia digital para potencializar o ensino de química.

Abstract

Digital information and communication technologies (TDICs) are now considered by many educators to be pedagogical instruments capable of assisting teachers in the teaching and learning process. In chemistry teaching is no different, the use of DICTs promotes a better understanding of scientific concepts and chemical phenomena considered difficult by many students. The theme addressed in this research is: the use of digital technology to enhance the teaching of chemistry, whose objective is to show how the use of new digital technologies in chemistry disciplines can be applied to enhance the teaching of chemistry so that they can have a more meaningful learning. For this, an exploratory research was carried out in a 2nd year class of ECEIT Monsenhor Vicente Freitas from the city of Pombal, PB. To verify learning, an assessment was applied using computer simulators to study the content of chemical kinetics and an opinion questionnaire to investigate students' opinions about the contributions of the use of DICTs in the classroom. Through the results found, we can observe that although technology is part of the students' interaction, it is still little used as a didactic resource by teachers, generating a little difficulty, however it is still well accepted by them. The results found also indicated that the use of digital tools made the teaching process more interactive and fun, facilitating the understanding of contents through contextualization, making them active agents in the knowledge construction process.