O uso de aplicativos de biologia em smartphones como uma ferramenta didática no ensino da citologia

Abstract

Currently, with the great advance of mobile Technologies, a new teaching modality was obtained, the mobile learning, which has been the subject of many studies, that seek to understand the insertion of mobile technologies in the educational context and discuss the need for teaching and learning methodologies appropriate to this new reality. Regardless of the potential that the Smartphone presents in educational terms, most schools in general do not use them, preferring only to prohibit their use in the classroom, because this topic is a very recent research field and needs to be consolidated, there is a shortage of these surveys conducted by the education department's programs. In the teaching of Biology and Science, there are contents that require greater support to guarantee learning, such as cytology. Most teachers show difficulty in using this content due to the lack of didactic material, and difficulties in visualizing the structures, since these are microscopic aspects. Given this perspective, the present study, aimed to assess the applicability of using biology applications on smartphones in teaching cytology, making a comparison between the traditional teaching methodology, in the first year of technical high school in environment and Informatics Technician at IFPI – Campus Pedro II. The classes were divided in class A and B, and for the application of the teaching methodology using the smartphone, three apps focused on teaching biology found on the Google Play Store platform were selected, of which were used in class B, and finally when comparing the non-questionnaire media for assessing knowledge by students and evaluating the methodology applied in the two classes, can see that the teaching method using apps on smartphones has reached a higher average than the traditional teaching method, and this can characterize the methodology as positive, confirm that an introduction of mobile technologies associated with teaching, not excluded from the school environment, can offer changes in the relationship between teacher and student with information, and producing knowledge, portraying a significant potential to change the way of teaching and learning.