Proposta de criação de um laboratório virtual de ciências para ensino secundário de Moçambique usando a tecnologia de realidade virtual: caso de estudo - Escola secundária da Polana

Abstract

In Mozambique, general secondary education is subdivided into two groups, of which we have 1st cycle, from 7th to 9th grade, and 2nd cycle from 10th to 12th grade, according to the National Education System (SNE). It is in secondary education that other science subjects are introduced, which requires new methodologies for student learning. One of the biggest constraints faced during the teaching and learning process in science subjects is the level of abstraction, the relationship between theory and practice, as several schools do not have conditions, namely science laboratories, for practical demonstrations, since, in science subjects, one can make use of experiences, in the explanatory form, of some knowledge. At the same time, some schools with science laboratories cannot meet the demand, as they do not meet all the necessary conditions, due to the lack of materials for teachers and students to carry out experiments, they must look for ways to share the same space with the other classes. In this way, the lack of laboratories in public secondary education institutions was taken into account as a research problem, as it is relevant due to the impact it creates in the education sector, especially in the quality of student training. it jeopardizes the country's development. For a better understanding of the real needs to solve the problem, a data survey was carried out at the Polana Secondary School, in Maputo, which resulted in obtaining the necessary information for the development of a solution to the problem in question. As a result, a prototype was created for a virtual science laboratory for secondary education, using virtual reality technologies, as it provides a greater sense of immersion and greater proximity to the real world.