Uma prática colaborativa na construção do portifólio educacional

Abstract

This study investigated learning evidences through a teaching methodology based on collaborative learning. To make it possible, a didactic unit consisting of two teaching sequences proposing the use of the educational portfolio, manual version, was developed. The teaching unit have been applied at the School Professora Adélia Dionisia Barbosa - Elementary and High School, located in Londrina, Northern of Paraná, to 29 students in the 9th grade of elementary school in Sciences subject, at the morning period, ranging from February to April 2014. The covered content, according to the Curriculum Guidelines of the State of Paraná (2008) were: Kepler's Laws and the Planetary Motion and Energy. The methodology took a qualitative approach combined with the observation and exploration technique to search for evidences of the strengths and difficulties on learning process of students. By means of the reports written in the portfolio was observed that the learning process, have been feasible, pleasant and promising, indicating relevant aspects in the construction of concepts. It was found that in the group activities and discussions, each student: have developed their argumentative ability and creativity associated with the activities aimed at production by authorship; the improvement of vocabulary; increase of self-esteem and skills to being able to express their opinions / ideas which have been accepted by other members of the group; active participation in the learning process and greater interaction with the teacher.