O uso das TIC’S no ensino de ciências.

Abstract

Since the industrial process, to the present days, there have been several changes in technology, in various branches of society, and this change was expressed also in t education. The school inserted in this process, has been affected by the acceleration of knowledge, through the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). It is necessary to recognize that the information arrives faster than ever, and that the connection between people has never been so strong. Faced with this great transformation, it is investigated how the teachers of two schools in the states of Rio Grande do Norte and Paraiba, make use of ICTs, what is the importance attributed by the teachers to the technological resources in the teaching and learning process of Science Teaching, what are the resources available for their lectures, and verify the teachers proposals to enhance the use of technology in the teaching of science. As research theoretical and methodologic basis, there’s OSBORNE, HANNESSY, 2003. That expresses the insertion of ICTs in the school routine to develop critical and creative thinking in the student's learning. The ICTs develop and intensify interdisciplinarity; help their students establish connections between their knowledge and the real world; contribute positively to the development of scientific literature LIMA, 2007. among other authors express the motivation, attractive innovation and opportunity. Our research approach is quantitative and qualitative, in field, and has utilized a questionnaire as an instrument of data collection. The data was analyzed through analysis of content BARDIN, 1977. Some results points to the great importance that is given by the professors of Science, as the breaking of barriers between teacher and students, making both more affective and communicative, through the resource of virtual environments. To enhance the use of technology in the teaching of Science, some teachers point among other suggestions the necessity of improvement of disciplines on technology resources during graduation; bigger number of ICTs in schools. The ICTs have come to add in science teaching, through innovation, allowing the teacher to effectively act as a mediator of knowledge.