A contribuição da Olimpíada Paraibana de Química na formação de licenciados em Química e de alunos da rede pública de ensino

Abstract

Searching for alternatives to make the Chemistry Subject more attractive to elementary and middle school students, especially in public schools, the Paraiba State Olympiad of Chemistry (OPBQ) has been receiving acceptance and adherence by the university community and schools in the State of Paraíba. The OPBQ is investing more in the motivation of students and professors in the chemistry college degree, bringing them closer to the teaching / learning process and awakening the will and the motivation in all those involved to contribute to the participation of the public school students at OPBQ. The present study aimed to investigate the contributions of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), during the improvement process of the chemistry college students who acted as monitors in the olympic project as well as in the preparation of the public school students in the State of Paraíba for the tests in the State Olympiad of Chemistry. This is a quali-quantitative research in which were used questionnaires to collect data, seeking to analyze the vision of the agents involved in the Olympiad, namely: coordinators, students, teachers and monitors. The collected data were represented in graphs, categorized in charts and interpreted by the content analysis tech- nique proposed by Bardin. The data analysis revealed that the use of ICTs as a scientific liter- acy tool during the course for students in the public elementary school system, in conjunction with the didactics of those involved made it possible a greater apprehension of knowledge by the public school students participating in this project, revealing in the end of the entire prepa- ration process for OPBQ a considerable number of students who received awards for the 2017 event. The results indicate that the use of the ICTs during the improvement of the OPBQ monitors course was quite significant, exhibiting a greater number of subscribers in the OPBQ 2017, more participation of the public schools in this event beyond to the superior number of monitors involved during all the process.