Pros and against the remote classes in a chemistry degree at COVID-19 pandemic

• Autor(a) principal: da Silva, Jose Anderson
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Atalvanio da Silva, José, Feitosa dos Santos, Aldenir
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Diversitas Journal
• Texto Completo: https://diversitasjournal.com.br/diversitas_journal/article/view/2698
• topic: Ensino; Tecnologia; Isolamento; Teaching; Technology; Isolation

In march 2020 an acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-COV-2 virus was transmitted to a significant number of the world’s population. With the global spread, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic, and Brazil immediately began to take appropriate measures, such as the establishment of quarantine and social isolation. These measures impacted several areas, including education, which paralyzed face-to-face classes, also affecting education in the State of Alagoas. Some universities decided to continue the academic calendar at an online way, operating through digital platforms, and following this model, classes continued in the undergraduate course in chemistry, at Universidad State of Alagoas (UNEAL), campus I. This article aims to assess the ability to learning in the teaching of chemistry, in the chemistry degree in UNEAL, through digital platforms, during the pandemic. The methodology adopted was a quantitative study with the application of a questionnaire developed on the google forms platform and applied to the students of that course. The survey results show that 45% of students had learning difficulties, 92% of students point out remote teaching as positive, and 90% said that remote learning was the best option at that time. These data indicate that digital platforms are tools that can contribute to the chemistry’s teaching, but not replacing face-to-face teaching and student-teacher contact.