Análise do uso de material didáctico em classes iniciais: o caso da Escola Primária Completa de Ressano Garcia

Abstract

This research is qualitative in nature and aims to analyze the use of teaching materials in initial classes in Primary Education and was developed at EPC de Ressano Garcia. The problem that arises in the study is about the use of teaching materials in initial classes, especially by teachers, in a pandemic context. The specific objectives are to characterize the teaching materials used, describe the strategies that teachers implement in the use of teaching materials and explain the challenges of using teaching materials from the teachers' perspective. With an explanatory and basic typology, the research takes an inductive approach to the research object and is based on a case study. Observation and interview techniques were used for data collection. The study involved six (6) teachers who teach 1st and/or 2nd grade, as a sample of a total of 31 teachers at the school. The results of the research showed that traditional teaching resources such as chalkboards, books, posters and pictures are the usual ones in the EPC selected in this study; teachers adopt strategies for using teaching materials based on the type, time, content and objectives of the class; in the process of using teaching materials, teachers face challenges such as the prevalence of materials that are not very effective in promoting learning, limitations in the selection of teaching strategies and low availability of teaching resources in the school. The production of teaching resources with the participation of students and teachers appears to be a viable strategy for mitigating the effects of the lack of teaching resources in this EPC.