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Utilização de estratégias pedagógicas diversificadas para o ensino de economia a alunos de gestão no ensino politécnico
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Este trabalho descreve experiências de ensino de economia a alunos de gestão, em duas
disciplinas: Princípios de Economia (disciplina de carácter introdutório) e Ambiente
Económico (disciplina de continuação), através da diversificação das estratégias de
aprendizagem, distanciando-se do ensino tradicional expositivo onde o docente é o principal
protagonista.
Considerando, a natureza específica de cada disciplina, na disciplina introdutória deverão ser
adquiridos conceitos instrumentais, de uma forma clara que permita gerar segurança, para
que, quando aplicados na disciplina de continuação os alunos sejam capazes de questionar e
discutir. Ou seja, a disciplina introdutória transmitiria um saber certo (mais próximo do
ensino secundário), enquanto que, a disciplina de continuação apostaria num saber relativo,
questionável e apelante ao espírito crítico.
Estas estratégias pedagógicas diversificadas permitem responder de forma mais adequada a
turmas cada vez mais heterogéneas e aumentar a literacia económica.
This work describes the experience of teaching two courses of economics to management students at a polytechnic in Portugal. The teaching strategies used in the introductory course, “The Principles of Economics”, and the following course “The Economic Environment”, are neither of the traditional lecture type nor with the teacher’s role as one of “sage on the stage”. The objectives of the first course are to enable students to clearly understand the concepts and instruments they will need to question and discuss in their following course. The introductory subject is expected to provide the descriptive knowledge (similar to their secondary-school knowledge), while the following discipline should provide for procedural knowledge which helps cultivate a critical spirit in the students. These diverse strategies represent a way of responding to the needs of students in increasingly larger heterogeneous classes with the objective of improving students’ economic literacy.
This work describes the experience of teaching two courses of economics to management students at a polytechnic in Portugal. The teaching strategies used in the introductory course, “The Principles of Economics”, and the following course “The Economic Environment”, are neither of the traditional lecture type nor with the teacher’s role as one of “sage on the stage”. The objectives of the first course are to enable students to clearly understand the concepts and instruments they will need to question and discuss in their following course. The introductory subject is expected to provide the descriptive knowledge (similar to their secondary-school knowledge), while the following discipline should provide for procedural knowledge which helps cultivate a critical spirit in the students. These diverse strategies represent a way of responding to the needs of students in increasingly larger heterogeneous classes with the objective of improving students’ economic literacy.
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Comunicação apresentada nas XIV Jornadas Luso Espanholas de Gestão Científica, Ponta Delgada - Açores
Keywords
Estratégias pedagógicas diversificadas Literacia económica Saber certo Saber relativo Diversify pedagogical strategies Economic literacy Descriptive and procedural knowledge