Aplicativos para dispositivos móveis como ferramenta educacional no processo de ensino-aprendizagem de Química: um mapeamento da produção brasileira e internacional (2016-2022)

Abstract

An exploratory qualitative study was carried out in two stages. In the first stage, a search for articles in high impact journals in the area of technology and/or the teaching of chemistry from Brazil and international approach, between 2016 and 2022, of scientific papers that involved applications for mobile devices as an educational tool in the process of teaching and learning chemistry. The papers analyzed in this work, were categorized by nature, chemistry area and subject, becoming a facilitating tool for research for teachers who aim to use mobile learning as strategy of chemistry teaching and learning. All of those papers emphasized the potential use of apps as a didactic method for teaching chemistry. In the second phase, an online questionnaire was prepared and applied to chemistry professors, who teach both in basic education and in Universities in Brazil, once their fundamental role in the implementation of this instrument was known. The purpose of this questionnaire was to assess the potential and limitations of the use of cell phones in the teaching and learning process. There was a good acceptance on the part of these teachers to implement those technological resources, even them reported difficulties, such as access to apps or infrastructure of educational institutions.