O uso dos aplicativos Whatsapp e Telegram no ensino das Ciências da Natureza: uma revisão sistemática da literatura

Abstract

In the current information society, digital technologies have also caused significant changes in education, promoting new forms of communication and social interaction. Thus, the use of digital technologies, especially the use of mobile devices, has enabled greater access to information, which in turn can be transformed into knowledge. Some of the resources most used by individuals, through digital technologies, are applications for mobile devices. Among the numerous applications available, the messages are the most used by society, which once had the function of communication between people and now have an important role in the teaching and learning process, thus knowing their real contribution in the process of building the knowledge proves important. In this sense, this research aimed to investigate how the messaging apps WhatsApp and Telegram are being used in teaching Nature Sciences (Biology, Physics and Chemistry). For this, we carried out a systematic literature review in some databases (Google Academic, CAPES Journal Portal, Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations), having as reference the work of Gonçalves, Nascimento e Nascimento. As a result, we found a total of 9 works in the investigated databases. In addition, we found that there were no works using Telegram as a pedagogical resource. Through the description and analysis of the studies, we observed that the WhatsApp application has been used in the educational environment, in which a good part of its resources are exploited. However, the low number of studies found using WhatsApp in the classroom and the lack of work with Telegram® in teaching Nature Sciences point to the need for more research on these applications in the teaching of Biology, Physics and Chemistry, so that we can know what is the real impact of using messaging applications in the knowledge construction process.