The use of messaging applications in natural science teaching: a systematic literature review

• Autor(a) principal: Queiroz, Antonio Victtor Alves de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Leite, Bruno Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Actio (Curitiba)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.utfpr.edu.br/actio/article/view/15204
• topic: Educação; Tecnologia Educacional.; Tecnologias Digitais; WhatsApp; Telegram; Ciências da Natureza; Revisão Sistemática de Literatura; Digital Technologies; WhatsApp®.;Telegram®; Nature Sciences; Systematic Literature Review

Digital technologies have promoted considerable changes in various sectors of society, providing new forms of interaction and communication. Thus, the use of digital technologies (especially mobile devices) allows the user to access a greater amount of information that if well planned, can contribute to the construction of knowledge. Among the various resources and applications available, messaging applications are the most used by society. Initially designed for communication between people, they can now be performing an important role in the teaching and learning process. In this sense, this research aimed to investigate how WhatsApp® and Telegram® messaging applications are being used in the teaching of Natural Sciences (Biology, Physics, and Chemistry) and what are their contributions. For this, we carried out, in five stages, a systematic literature review in three databases (Google Scholar, Portal de Periódicos da CAPES, and the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations). As a result, we obtained a quantitative of nine works that attended the pre-established criteria, however, no works were found that used Telegram® in a pedagogical perspective. Through the analysis and description of the works, we observed that WhatsApp® has been used as a pedagogical resource, with most of its functions being explored. However, the low number of works found involving WhatsApp®, in addition to the lack of publications with Telegram® in the teaching of Natural Sciences, indicates the need for more research related to these applications in the teaching of Biology, Physics, and Chemistry. These new researches can help us to better understand what are the positives and negatives of using messaging applications in the knowledge construction process.