In:
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Vol. 16, No. 11 ( 2021-11-24), p. e0248906-
Abstract:
The Internet has changed the way teachers and students access information and build knowledge. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for both teachers and students and a demand for new methodologies of remote learning. In the life sciences, mixing online content with practical activities represents an even greater challenge. In microbiology, the implementation of an active teaching methodology, the #Adopt project, based on the social network Facebook ® , represents an excellent option for connecting remote education with classroom activities. In 2020, the version applied in high school, “Adopt a Microorganism”, was adapted to meet the demands of emergency remote education owing to the suppression of face-to-face activities caused by the pandemic. In the present study, we assessed how the change in methodology impacted the discourse richness of students from high school integrated with technical education in the Business Administration program of the Federal Institute of São Paulo, Sorocaba Campus. Three questionnaires related to the groups of microorganisms (Archaea, Bacteria, Virus, Fungi, and Protozoan) were applied. The students’ responses in the 2019 and 2020 classes were compared concerning content richness and multiplicity of concepts through the application of the Shannon diversity index, an approach that is generally used to assess biodiversity in different environments. The observed results suggest that remote learning provided students with a conceptual basis and richness of content equivalent to that achieved by students subjected to the hybrid teaching model. In conclusion, this study suggests that the #Adopt project methodology increases students’ discourse richness in microbiology even without face-to-face traditional classes.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1932-6203
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.g001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.g002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.g003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.g004
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.t001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.t002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.t003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.s001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.s002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.s003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.s004
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.s005
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.s006
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.s007
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.s008
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0248906.s009
Language:
English
Publisher:
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date:
2021
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2267670-3
Bookmarklink