Tecnologias digitais na prática pedagógica de um curso de odontologia durante a pandemia de covid-19.

Abstract

Educational technologies have been present in Brazilian education since the beginning of the 20th century, with different definitions and uses in each era. Today with electronic devices, implanted in the classroom routine, discuss their use in pedagogical practice and their efficiency in relation to students' learning. In the Dentistry course, adapting to these requirements, new teaching technologies have been elevated and introduced in the pedagogical practice to improve the learning of contents and student trainers, prepared for the world of work, a fact intensified during the quarantine that required a social distance, including from classrooms, due to the new coronavirus pandemic. Based on these findings, we seek to answer the following question: Do the technologies in the pedagogical practice of teachers of the Dentistry course prepare the dental surgeon for the requirements of the profession? This research has personnel, due to the fact that the author works in the area of Health and Education, few studies regarding the use of technologies in the pedagogical practice of health teaching, seek to know how much more effective a pedagogical practice is with the help of new technologies for the future performance of the dental surgeon. As a central objective of this investigation, we seek to analyze the use of technologies in the pedagogical practice of the undergraduate course in Dentistry appropriate to clinical practice for the formation of the Dental Surgeon, during a pandemic of COVID-19. The specific objectives of this research are: 1) to recognize the use of technologies in the context of pedagogical practices in higher education; 2) Characterize the use of digital technologies in the pedagogical practice of dentistry teachers; 3) To analyze the contribution of Digital Technologies in the Pedagogical Practice of the Undergraduate Dentistry Course at a private University located in Curitiba / PR, with the background of a pandemic resulting from the new coronavirus, which required the academic community to adapt to the use of digital teaching technologies, tools necessary to facilitate communication and education during the moment of social distancing, which removed teachers and students from the academic physical environment. A research, being a type of case study, has a qualitative approach and uses procedures such as literature review on the use of technologies in higher education, the analysis of documents and legislation related to this level of teaching and field research in a private university in the city of Curitiba. The subjects comprise teachers and students entering and graduating from the Dentistry course. The bibliographic research developed so far has analyzed doctoral theses, master's dissertations, articles applicable by peers and even classic books related to the theme. Historical aspects and pedagogical practice in higher education in the area of health are addressed, with contextualization on the theme being qualified.