Metodologias ativas e o processo de ensino-aprendizagem na disciplina metodologia do trabalho científico

Abstract

The discipline Scientific Methodology (SM) plays a key role in introducing students graduating from high school to the practices, writing techniques, preparation and standardization of academic works, which are essential during their journey in higher education. The importance of teaching-learning processes, their nuances, dynamics, methodologies and evolutions over time is highlighted, also taking into account the use of technological tools in the classroom in favor of the construction and development of learning. In the meantime, the study deals with the adoption of active methodologies, which consist of techniques and dynamics aimed at instigating the student to participate in his learning process, making him a protagonist, awakening autonomy, curiosity and proactivity. It analyzes the teaching methodologies used by teachers from the Information Science Department of the Federal University of Paraíba in the discipline Scientific Work Methodology, offered for the courses of the Social Applied Sciences Center in the periods 2018.2 and 2019.1. Identifies teaching-learning methodologies with a special focus on active methodologies. Exploratory and field research, with a quantitative and qualitative approach, uses a questionnaire and an interview to collect data with the teachers of the SM discipline. The results pointed to the development of increasingly dynamic methods. Among the practices committed by the teachers, the following were identified: competitions and games; project-based and problem-based learning; learning between peers or teams; case studies and; the gallery walk method. The main benefits cited by teachers, as a consequence of using these active methodologies, were: greater interactivity, improvement of interpersonal communication processes, appreciation of students' individual experiences, encouragement of autonomy in learning, expansion of the student-teacher relationship, increase in the understanding levels of the content worked on, proactivity and motivation, inciting dialogue and exchanging valuable experiences and awakening a taste for scientific research, making learning a more meaningful process. It is concluded that the active methodologies, combined with the teaching of the SM discipline, have been collaborating to awaken the active and conscious participation of the student in your teaching-learning process.