WebQuest como ferramenta didática para o ensino do empreendedorismo em cursos técnicos profissionalizantes

Abstract

Professional education students experience a new reality, because due to the pandemic caused by the Covid-19 virus, face-to-face classes were suspended. In this sense, the present study stands out for the relevance of the theme of entrepreneurship and for the possibility for students to conduct research on the internet to expand their knowledge. Thus, this work presents the following research problem: Does the WebQuest teaching tool effectively contribute to learning about entrepreneurship? The objectives are: to understand the use of the didactic tool WebQuest in the study of entrepreneurship, to identify the degree of involvement of the students by the didactic tool WebQuest and to discuss the results obtained with the use of WebQuest. The methodology used in this study was exploratory qualiquantitative, bibliographic, field and analytical research. In order to obtain the data, electronic questionnaires were applied. Therefore, it was found that 81.3% of the survey respondents consider that WebQuest facilitates learning about the content of entrepreneurship, 87.5% of the students feel more motivated to perform teamwork and 68.5% of the students consider that WebQuest provides the sharing of ideas between colleagues. The data showed the importance of creating didactic tools of a technological nature to encourage and encourage students to research and expand their knowledge about entrepreneurship, validating the problem of this research. On the other hand, this research found that, although the technologies are attractive, involve creativity, assist in students' autonomy and learning, they do not replace the role of the teacher, who is fundamental to develop the contents of WebQuest in a planned and structured way .