O uso de métodos cooperativos para promover interações sociais em sala de aula

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate the influence of a combined cooperative method (Jigsaw I and TGT) in the construction of interactions among students, during the learning of introductory concepts in organic chemistry. Especially concerning: communication form and approach to the content; form of the students' participation; manners of contribution of each group member for the collective construction; advantages and disadvantages of the method. Ten students of 3° year of high school from a state public school of Olinda-PE took part. The application of the method involved: formation of the original groups and subgroups; studies in the groups; preparation and participation in tournaments. Data analysis pondered 3 categories: how the student constructs the interactions in the group; the form of the student's participation in the group and student's way to contribute for the collective construction of meanings in the group. The results revealed that, predominantly, all of the students' speech was Interactive/dialogic, as more than one student participated in the discussion and their ideas were discussed and considered. In regard to the reasons that motivated students to participate in the group, two were identified in all students - affiliation and positive power, only varying the interaction between them. Moreover, all students presented a high participation level in the discussion. As for the contributions to the collective construction, students, in general, elaborated and restructured subjects, they systematized the content and supplied explanations. Thus we concluded that the establishment of cooperative relationships among students is extremely relevant, not only as learning mechanism, but as strategies of teaching that allow the acquisition of essential elements for the socialization in classroom starting from the true cooperation