The use of Computer Simulations in Physics Classes: a Study on the Influence of the Learning Process for Students with Disabilities

• Autor(a) principal: Sousa Carvalho, Patrícia
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Sales Oliveira , Ana Carolina
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Tear: Revista de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ifrs.edu.br/index.php/tear/article/view/4908

Abstract: An alternative to assist in the inclusion process of students with disabilities is to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), since these resources can create more equitable learning situations. Therefore, this paper aims to understand the potentialities of the use of ICT, more specifically, of computer simulations in the learning process of students with disabilities during physics classes in a regular elementary school. The research is of a qualitative approach, based mainly on the research of Flick (2009). The analysis presented in this study was based on the data obtained from field diary, questionnaires, activities carried out by the students and recordings made during the development of activities related to this research. It was observed, throughout the interventions, that technological resources favored the learning process, bringing greater significance to the content covered, allowing the apprenticeship to be carried out in a playful way, as well as an alternative for the students to leave a passive position in the construction of their knowledge and be an active agent, which is considered to be important for effective learning. Furthermore, computer simulations have been shown to be a valid resource for facilitating and overcoming some limitations of students with disabilities. Finally, the research has shown that didactical strategies allied with digital technologies are significant for the students' learning process.  Keywords: Inclusive Education. Computational Simulation. Physics Teaching.