Simulações digitais com o uso do PhET para o ensino e aprendizagem das Leis de Newton no ensino remoto

Abstract

In the school environment, the search for innovative ways of teaching to meet the new educational demands is common, in order to overcome the difficulties of apprehending abstract knowledge by the students. Current research has shown that the new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) enable students to learn this knowledge more significantly and faster. Regarding the teaching of physics, we have as a methodological resource the PhET simulator, which allows the realization of computer simulations used to expand the learning possibilities. Based on these assumptions, we raise the following issue: How does the use of computer simulators in physics teaching, PhET, significantly contribute to the teaching and learning process in remote education? This study investigates the use of computer simulators, Phet, in the teaching and learning process of physics in remote education, specifically when it comes to teaching Newton's laws. This is a qualitative exploratory research and was developed at the State Center for Full Time (CETI) Nossa Senhora do Patrocínio, in two classes of 1st year of high school, the first using simulations offered by PhET and in the second, the class was submitted to a traditional class, both held at a distance, due to the COVID- 19 pandemic. The results of this research were satisfactory for the use of the PhET simulator as an auxiliary tool for teaching Newton's Laws, and consequently, for the increment of ICTs in the teaching of Physics, thus being in line with the narrative of several authors who defend this theme