Avaliação da eficácia de um blog educativo de bioquímica: uma aproximação entre ciência e arte

Abstract

Biochemistry, one of the subjects that make up the basic cycle of the curricular matrix of courses in the health area, is made up of basic and necessary contents for understanding the biological functioning of the organism. Although relevant, its understanding is commonly seen as complex, abstract and far from professional reality. Therefore, the current scenario points to the emerging need to use complementary didactic resources for teaching biochemistry and, in this sense, digital resources, such as blogs, can be an interesting educational tool. Therefore, the present work aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of biochemical contents elaborated

and made available in an educational blog named BioquímicAtiva in the teaching- learning process, using creative writing and playful drawings as resources that facilitate

this process. To this end, students of courses in the area of health at public and private institutions of higher education, as well as health professionals were invited to participate in the survey in the months of September and October 2022. The evaluation took place by completing an online questionnaire, containing questions about personal identification, teaching, general evaluation of the blog, as well as specific questions about each educational material. The grades assigned to each item assessed on the blog were given using the 5-point Linkert Scale, with 1: Strongly Disagree and 5: Strongly Agree. Also, at the end of each text, a global assessment of the material was made, assigning a score from 0 to 10 points. A total of 64 individuals participated in the study, 71,9% being mostly female students enrolled in public educational institutions. All seven items referring to the general evaluation of the blog had the maximum score, with the exception of one of them “By knowing the blog, I feel more interest, curiosity and motivation and motivation to estudy biochemistry” (grade 4). All texts on the blog obtained a score of 5 for the items “clear and objective”, “figures” and “illustrations”. Also, aspects such as interdisciplinarity, theory-practice approximation and contribution in the interpretation of laboratory tests had an average score greater than 4.5. From the findings found, it is concluded that the biochemical contents of the blog BioqumicaAtiva proved to be effective with regard to its applicability, contribution to the interpretation of laboratory tests, interdisciplinarity, as well as the relevant role of art in this process, thus demonstrating that the blog can be an interesting and useful tool in the teaching-learning of biochemistry.