DESENVOLVIMENTO PROFISSIONAL E COOPERAÇÃO INTERNACIONAL PARA PROFESSORES DE QUÍMICA: AVALIAÇÃO DA INTENÇÃO DE MUDANÇA PEDAGÓGICA APÓS FORMAÇÃO CONTINUADA NO PORTO, PORTUGAL

• Main Authors: João C. Paiva, Carla Morais, Marcelo P. A. Rosa, Luciano Moreira, Marcelo L. Eichler
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química
• Series: Química Nova
• Subjects: Chemical Education; Digital Media; Professional Development; Theory of Planned Behavior
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422017000100105&lng=en&tlng=en

This article assesses the intention of chemistry teachers to integrate digital media in their classes. The evaluation was performed using a structured questionnaire after participation in two professional development actions. The formative sessions were designed with the aim of training the chemistry teachers for pedagogical integration of digital media in teaching chemistry in high school. The participants were 25 chemistry teachers from different regions of Brazil, who were participating in an international cooperation program for the professional development of teachers in Portugal. Data collection was conducted through questionnaires containing questions about the motivations for innovation in education, attitudes and beliefs in relation to the training actions and face the pedagogical integration of digital media in the chemistry discipline. The data analysis shows a remarkable behavioral intention of adopting the media which is positively correlated with the attitudes and perceptions of control and negatively with subjective norm. These results suggest that interventions focused on technical and pedagogical training centered on subject content are suitable for the professional development of teachers.