Education in non formal space: case study on internship in the context of remote teaching

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze contributions of the internship in the scope of non formal education, realized remotely and emergency with a class of Degree in Chemistry from the University of the State of Pará (UEPA). The research was developed in the case study modality by the application of an online questionnaire containing two open questions and analysis of reports prepared by the students. The interpretation of the corpus obtained was performed with input the Discursive Textual Analysis (ATD).  The results were systematized in three analytical axes entitled Initial perceptions about spaces of non formal education: Experiences in the context of Emergency Remote Education (ERE) and Contributions to professional training. It was found that the experienced practice enabled the participants to use supervised research and to adopt different strategies such as virtual visits in the Science Center and Planetarium; characterization of non formal spaces such as companies, public squares; recording podcasts for scientific dissemination and analysis of fake news about covid-19. Considering the overcoming of adversities related to internet access and difficulties of the Digital Information and Communication Technologies (TDICs), most undergraduates defined the experience as satisfactory and enriching for initial training.