INTERACTION AND BEHAVIOR PROFILE OF STUDENTS IN DISTANCE-LEARNING DISCUSSION FORUMS: A PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE ARTICULATED IN LIGHT OF THE HUMANIST THEORY OF CARL ROGERS

• Autor(a) principal: Paixão, Germana Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Castro, Laura Helena Pinto de, Pantoja, Lydia Dayanne Maia, Filho, José Nelson Arruda
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Paidéi@
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unimesvirtual.com.br/index.php/paideia/article/view/498
• topic: Educação;Educação a Distância; Fóruns de discussão; educação a distância; teoria humanista

This article investigates the interaction process of students in discussion forums in a remote teacher training course in biology, whose pedagogical practice is articulated in light of the humanist theory of Carl Rogers, and defines the profile assumed by the students in their independent learning process. It takes a mixed observational and descriptive approach, through a case study. A total of 2,534 postings in 18 discussion forums between January 2010 and December 2014 were analyzed. With the passage of semesters, the number of students with “debater” and “questioner” profiles increased and the number of “passive” students declined, indicating that the humanist theory stimulates more active participation of students in their self-learning in distance education courses. By collating the students’ profiles with their final grades in the disciplines, it was possible to verify that students with questioner and debater profiles did better than those who were less active or did not participate in discussion forums.