Maker Culture for digital literacy and scientific and technological education: development of teaching materials through prototyping to reduce socio-educational inequality.

• Grant number: 24/14024-3
• Support Opportunities: Improvement in Public Education Program
• Start date: August 01, 2025
• End date: July 31, 2027
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - General Physics
• Principal Investigator: Flávio Camargo Cabrera
• Grantee: Flávio Camargo Cabrera
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia e Ciências (FEC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rosana. Rosana , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Guilherme Pina Cardim ; Paulo Cesar de Almeida Raboni ; Renivaldo José dos Santos

Abstract

This research project will be developed by Flávio Camargo Cabrera at School of Engineering and Science, São Paulo State University, Rosana - SP. This project includes concepts linked to Education 5.0 whose main objective is to promote digital literacy, scientific and technological education. Currently, there are rapid technological advances linked to robotics, artificial intelligence, automation from the "internet of things" (IoT), materialization from 3D printing and nanotechnology. The insertion of these technologies into the educational curriculum, with a new pedagogy and teaching methodologies, aims to develop skills such as leadership and critical thinking skills, teamwork to solve problems, innovation, proactivity, creativity, resilience and adaptability. Such skills allow advancement in research frontiers and enable students to get a job. However, social inequality is known due to the disparity in access to technological resources and infrastructure, especially in public schools, in addition to the difficulties in technological training for educators and the need to reformulate educational objectives, teaching and assessment methods. Here, we proposed to develop teaching materials for experimental classes, using prototyping (3D printing), applied as a pedagogical intervention in the Physics discipline, together with new active teaching methodologies such as STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). The participation of students and training on 3D printing is expected through elective courses and a Youth Club with topics related to prototyping. With access to 3D printing technologies, it is expected to promote advancement in the study of science (especially in the area of Physics), enabling greater interest, meaningful learning and student motivation, in addition to enabling management of new projects by students, applying the 3D printing in other disciplines, interaction between schools in the region to disseminate knowledge and use of infrastructure as well as increase the number of students in engineering and technology courses. (AU)