O uso do computador e da internet como fonte de pesquisa no Laboratório de Informática da Escola Municipal Tharcila Barbosa da Franca - EMTBF

Abstract

Study developed with the purpose to describe and to analyze the research practices accomplished at the Laboratory of Computer science of the Municipal School Tharcila Barbosa of France. EMTBF to the light of the available pedagogic resources in the World Net of Computers - (INTERNET) by the development of the students' of the medium and fundamental teaching school works. Given to the nature of the investigation process, the chosen method was the case study, that as (GOODE, 1969 apud BRESSAN, 2000) it is a type of qualitative analysis, whose objective consists of organizing social data preserving the unitary character. For the collection of the data we made use of a constituted questionnaire of 08 (eight) subjects, being two open, two closed and four of multiple choice. The analyses of the data revealed the teachers' need to look for new teaching methodologies and sources of knowledge in the area, passing to adopt a new posture front to the difficulties and barriers imposed by the current paradigm of the society of the information, stopping being the center of the knowledge to be the estimulador and advisor of new knowledge, learning with the student and sharing teaching / learning strategies.