Guia didático: instrumentalizando a PBL no ensino médio para a EPT

Abstract

This guide is the result of the research entitled “Problem-Based Learning as an Active Methodology in a Secondary-Level Technical Course in Electrotechnics”, developed within the framework of the Professional Master’s Degree in Professional and Technological Education in the National Network (ProfEPT), a nationwide academic network in Brazil. This Educational Product (EP) derives from a research study conducted at the Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Piauí (IFPI), involving instructors and students from the High-School Professional and Technological Education (HSPTE) program. Presented as a structured guide offering directions for implementing Problem-Based Learning (PBL) while accounting for the specific context of the technical program in which it is adopted, the initiative aimed to develop an integrative pedagogical approach that embeds the active methodology into instructors’ routine practices and advances its role as a research-oriented educational principle within HSPTE. The guide is structured into six chapters, presenting the core concepts of PBL, the development of Teaching and Learning Plans, and essential procedures for monitoring instructional actions and conducting continuous assessment. It concludes with suggestions of digital tools, applications and websites, that can support the application of PBL using digital Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). This manual is intended to assist educators in designing and implementing PBL, based teaching and learning activities in Technical and Vocational Education.