Uso de redes sociais como instrumentos didáticos para o ensino de física

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic and the increasingly common use of social networks, across society, have just generated changes in the form of communication between students who are increasingly focusing on them. Education in turn is affected by this new form of communication, wich is so important for educators to reflect on them and try to adapt their teaching practice to this new reality. With this reflection, the present work launches into an investigation of the use of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) during and after the pandemic in everyday life and school life from the students point of view of the state school Tarcísio Soares Palmeira, located in the city of São Miguel dos Campos - AL, belonging to the 2nd Regional Teaching Management, identifying the existence or not of Internet access problems, the intensity with which they use such networks and the relations of use for learning in Physics discipline. As a methodological strategy to this purpose, a quantitative study was carried out, consisting of a sample of 394 high school students, 188 from the first year, 95 from the second year, and 111 from the third year, all from this same school. The collection of information was collected between September 1st and 17th, 2022, through the application of a face-to-face questionnaire, applied during the face-to-face classes, consisting of 10 questions for the first- and second-year students and 12 questions for third year students. The data collected showed that, despite the ease of access to social networks and the students' great interaction with them, their use as a didactic resource is little used. This scenario highlights the importance of continued training and discussion among teaching professionals on the use of social networks, thus achieving a greater connection of students with the subject through this simple, but widely accessible mechanism that also offers a way to bring knowledge in periods of health crises. Concluding that they serve as a plausible strategy in the search for better educational results and a teaching that is closer to the student's daily life.