Revista Latino Americana de Estudos em Cultura e Sociedade (Dec 2015)

Ethical concerns as a methodological proposal to approach cross-cutting themes.

  • Sansao Albino Timbane,
  • Margarete Axt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.23899/relacult.v1i02.101
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 02
pp. 106 – 121

Abstract

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The present study highlight how the investment in ethical concerns can contribute as a learning shuttle in a virtual ambient directed to the learning, more than to the teaching. Face-to-face meetings, in a classroom, and distance meetings, on Forchat online space were made. The students proactively participated on the discussions with freedom to decide about the paper’s assumption and thematic propositions according to the personal interest on the studies topics, sometimes as a moderator, other times as contributor, without the teacher interference. The reality problematization through the ethical concerns presented as relevant effect the proactively engagement on the discussions about the proposed topics, with gains to the conceptual construction and to the methodological positions in the research. Instigated by the challenge of cross-cutting themes discussed, on a virtual learning ambient, themes related with: docent practice, learning, professional formation, evaluation, theory- practice relation, refreshing debates and reflections about ethical concerns, making a collective text which at same time respected the individual contributions heterogeneity and the produced senses.

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