Cultura Maker: produções criativas e colaborativas no ambiente escolar

Abstract

The world is constantly changing, driven by new forms of communication, working models and the growing demand for professionals capable of reinventing themselves in the face of society's contradictions and uncertainties. This scenario leads us to rethink education, focusing on the development of essential skills for the 21st century. Among these, effective communication, emotional intelligence, productivity, flexibility in the face of change, innovation, and creativity stand out. Schools need to update their teaching models to keep pace with changes in the world. For this reason, maker culture in education can help make teaching and learning more active, participatory, innovative, and entrepreneurial, with a focus on practical activities, placing students at the centre of the entire educational process. Thus, the overall objective of this thesis was to analyse maker culture from the perspective of the production of teaching resources created to assist the teaching practice of a group of primary school teachers in the municipal education network of the city of São Francisco do Conde (BA). The chosen method was qualitative, descriptive and analytical. Content analysis was used for data analysis. The results show that the maker culture used in the classroom for the production of teaching resources proved to be a good potential for improving the quality of teaching and learning, as teachers and students collaboratively built activities during classes, which favoured teaching and learning. Learning became lighter, more playful, innovative, creative, and interactive, and this had a direct impact on student learning, who, when assessed, were able to demonstrate knowledge of what had been studied in the classroom. The study concluded that maker culture in education makes learning more active, participatory, and stimulating. As a result, the teaching-learning process became lighter and more enjoyable, encouraging students to develop the fundamental skills for the 21st century.