Reflecting on the use of concept maps with CmapTools in the continuing education of basic education teachers

• Main Author: Dantas, Karinna Ribeiro
• Publication Date: 2021
• Other Authors: Silva, Clécio Danilo Dias da, Santos, Karen Christina Pinheiro dos, Araújo-de-Almeida, Elineí
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Research, Society and Development
• Download full: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/19313
• topic: Teacher training; Digital educational resources; CmapTools Software; Pedagogical workshop; Teaching and learning process.; Formação de professores; Recursos Educacionais Digitais; Software CmapTools; Oficina pedagógica; Processo de ensino e aprendizagem.; Formación docente; Recursos educativos digitales; Software CmapTools; Taller Pedagógico; Proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje.

Despite the benefits provided by Concept Maps (MCs) in the teaching and learning process, it is clear that this tool is often little known and used in the classroom by Basic Education teachers. Thus, this article aimed to evaluate and reflect on the application of a didactic action on MCs and CmapTools, for basic education teachers, in order to promote and expand knowledge about these pedagogical support tools. The action involved a participatory activity structured in four stages: i) Application of the initial questionnaire; ii) Dialogical exposition on the Theory of Meaningful Learning and Concept Maps; iii) Demonstrations on the operation of CmapTools; and iv) Application of the final questionnaire. The data obtained through the questionnaires and records of spontaneous reports placed revealed a lack of participants in these pedagogical elements addressed, but, at the same time, there was a great interest in the topic associated with the desire to obtain more theoretical and practical insights into the MCs and its use in the classroom.