Aplicabilidade do modelo de análise qualitativa de Yang no processo de ensino-aprendizagem de Bioética em fóruns eletrônicos

Abstract

In the field of Education electronic means are increasingly present, with all its potentialities. Teaching through technological means is a reality offered internationally and in every educational field. These new means of the learning process in the web offer teaching strategies centered on the student. Simultaneously and in parallel, due to several factors, a final result appeared: the development of a new science, Bioethics. The learning process in Bioethics identifies itself with the acquisition of competencies which goes beyond the knowledge of the content, the theoretical knowledge. Includes cognitive abilities of reflection and insight, judgment and decision, which lead to the knowledge of how to behave with quality and advise assertively, through an ethical issue that calls for a proper proceeding, attitude or posture. Therefore the elements of the learning process identify themselves not only with acquired knowledge of the contents but also with the abilities which determine the operative capacity of the student in the sphere of Bioethics. Specifically it becomes necessary to develop evaluation methodologies suitable to the digital technologies and to the objective of the teaching-learning process in this sphere of knowledge. This study proposes de Yang qualitative analysis of content (2008) as a methodology to identify the competences specific to the learning of Bioethics in answers given by the students in electronic forums. The analysis methodology contemplates cognitive learning indicators acquired through the electronic forums, which include content competences and cognitive abilities. The Yang qualitative analysis of content was efficient to evaluate the learning in the sphere of Bioethics, indicating the capacities and depth of personal reflection; it was also adequate to evaluate the registry of cognitive abilities which correspond to the learning of Bioethics, as well as a valuable tool to elaborate questions to the forums in the direction of the sought competences