UNDERSTANDING THE PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS REGARDING THE USE OF THE POGIL METHODOLOGY REMOTELY

Abstract

With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and the guidance of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Education (MEC) of Brazil, teaching started to be done remotely. As a result, the active methodologies used in the teaching-learning process began to be used in this format, among them, the Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL), a methodology based on constructivism, which uses question-guided activities and follows a learning cycle, enabling the development of skills, such as the construction of critical thinking,  resolution of problem-situations and the exercise of communication and teamwork. From then on, doubts were generated about its effectiveness when applied remotely, since there are not enough studies to prove its applicability in this format. In view of this, the study in question aimed to evaluate the perception of students regarding the application of POGIL remotely, when compared to face-to-face. Therefore, a survey was carried out, with the application of a validated questionnaire, to students of the Pharmacy course, who had contact with the POGIL methodology in person and remotely. After evaluating the data obtained, it was possible to conclude that the application of this methodology in the remote format can be carried out with some modifications in its conduction, both in the role of the tutor, as well as in the involvement of students in the resolution of activities and group discussion, in addition to the choice of an ideal platform, so that there is no harm in the teaching-learning process of the students.