Pensamento computacional por meio da computação desplugada nas práticas pedagógicas dos professores que ensinam matemática nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental

Abstract

Several technologies are present in the educational environment, requiring the teacher to pay close attention to their pedagogical use. In order to use them in the process of teaching Mathematics in the initial years of Basic Education, it is necessary to combine them with different methodologies, among which the Mathematics approach through Computational Thinking stands out, which may require specific training on the part of of teachers. Considering this scenario, a qualitative research approach is proposed based on the following guiding question: How can the use of Computational Thinking, through unplugged activities, contribute to the teaching of Mathematics in the early years of Elementary School? In this sense, the general objective of this study was to analyze how Computational Thinking, through unplugged activities, can bring contributions to the continued training of teachers who teach Mathematics in the initial years of Elementary School. To achieve this aim, a training course was offered in the MOOC format, free online course, entitled “Unplugged Computing for teaching Mathematics in the early years of Elementary School”. Observations, questionnaires, forums and activities developed by teachers during the course were used as methodological procedures. The educational product resulting from this research is a course in MOOC format that will be available on the Sophia MOOCs platform at the Federal Technological University of Paraná. We conclude that the use of Computational Thinking, through unplugged activities, can contribute to the teaching of Mathematics in the early years of Elementary School and that, in the teachers’ view, it contributes to the teaching of Mathematics content. It is evident from the data collected that the use of Computational Thinking contributes to the continued training of teachers in a virtual environment, aiming at the process of teaching Mathematics content for the initial years of Elementary School.