Adolescents show autonomy in school learning in remote education? A case study in biology with technical high school students

Abstract

Student autonomy in formal education provides creativity, perception of limits by the student himself and is a source of individual maturity. In modern teaching, teachers have at their disposal numerous technological tools that encourage learning and autonomy in the individual. The new generation was born “connected”, so these tools are easily assimilated. In order to evaluate autonomy in learning in students of the Integrated Technical High School, the EDPUZZLE platform was used in this study. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of the Automotive Maintenance and Oil & Gas from IFCE Campus Tabuleiro do Norte course were evaluated and, for this, three classrooms were created at EDPUZZLE containing 2 videos each, with content approach of the discipline of Biology, referring to each year. Autonomy was verified based on metrics taken from the platform. From the results analyzed, most of the 2nd and 3rd year students were participatory, performed the activities well, showing some autonomy and interest. Failure cases were punctual. The first years were particularly critical, practically without the participation of students from both classes, which can signal problems of adaptation with the new school, lack of base, dependence on the teacher, insecurity and lack of interest, characteristic of the transitional phase between teaching elementary and middle.