Visões sobre o software educandus : estudo de caso com professores de química da rede pública

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate how three chemistry teachers from public High School in Pernambuco understand, use and evaluate the Educandus Educational Software as a teaching tool in classroom. For that the Educandus software was analyzed and classified using criteria established by the literature; a survey on teachers' conceptions about educational software was carried out; how these teachers use this teaching tool in classroom and how they evaluate this software were observed. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews, questionnaire, non-participant observation and videography. Results suggest that Educandus Software is a good resource for educational purposes, but it involves a behavioral approach to teaching, fitting in an Instructional Paradigm. Teachers have a vision of educational software as an audiovisual resource; they evaluate the Educandus Software as good and use it in classroom by teaching approaches related to instructive and revealing paradigms.