O podcast como recurso pedagógico para professores de ensino religioso

Abstract

Religious Education is constituted as an area of knowledge in Basic Education and as an integral part of the school curriculum, with optional enrollment for the student. The object of study in this area is the religious knowledge about the different beliefs and practices existing in Brazilian society, aiming at the integral education of the citizen. However, from informal conversations with professionals in the area, it was found that there are few didactic materials and pedagogical resources that work the curricular component from this perspective. Considering this, and added to the need to think about Digital Information and Communication Technologies (DICT) in the scope of teaching-learning, this thesis had as general target the produce a podcast to demonstrate for teachers work in Religious education the possibilities of this media as an alternative pedagogical resource to explore themes related to the religious diversity of Brazil. The study started from the following guiding question: How can podcast contribute to the teaching practice of Religious Education teachers? In this sense, there was the design and production of a podcast with four episodes as a demonstration of the media an pedagogical resource, based on DICT, to be explored in the approach of themes related to the religious phenomenon. To achieve this end, research of an exploratory nature and of a qualitative approach was carried out, in which a bibliographic survey was carried out on Religious Education, Religious Studies, DICT, digital media and podcast for theoretical foundation of the proposed product, in addition to documentary research on legislation about Religious Education in Basic Education. The episodes of the pilot podcast covered Buddhism, Spiritism and the podcast media itself, all of which underwent a validation process through the constitution of a Panel of Experts, composed by teachers working in the area of Religious Studies and Religious Education. The evaluation by the experts aimed to verify the quality of the product and the feasibility of its use for the classroom. The experts listened to the episodes and filled out a form made available via Google Forms, with closed and open questions. The results of the product validation process indicate that there is a good receptivity in the area in relation to the use of this media in Religious Education, but for its effective viability as a pedagogical resource, it is necessary to be aware of technical issues, such as the availability of equipment for recording and editing and access to the Internet by teachers and students, as well as appropriate guidelines for dealing with these instruments. Defining the format and style of language to be used in addressing the themes is also a relevant item pointed out in the evaluation, since as a pedagogical resource the objective is to dialogue with students, so the planning of the podcast must consider the context for which it is proposed. The presence of DICT in education is a fact today and the podcast, one of the consequences of these technologies, can bring to this teaching a contribution to the approach of the religious phenomenon.