PEER INSTRUCTION: AN ACTIVE METHODOLOGY: APPLYING PEER INSTRUCTION TO MICROCONTROLLER PROGRAMMING EDUCATION

Abstract

There is a consensus that all teaching methodologies are active, as the learner, in order to learn, needs to understand what is being taught. But for the methodology to be truly active, it needs knowledge to be assimilated through the use of skills such as knowing how to listen, question, debate, develop your own reasoning and even transmit your knowledge, providing a coherent rhythm to needs. Generating commitment, capacity for criticism and self-criticism, providing engagement and independence in their learning. The focus of this work will be the presentation of the main active methodologies, especially a simple one that can provide excellent learning results, Peer Instruction, which in essence uses the practice of inverted classes, modifying the way of teaching. an expository, conceptual class and transforming it into instruction for more engaged or knowledgeable students. The methodology for carrying out this paper was bibliographical research on active methodologies, and to exemplify its application and effectiveness, a case study carried out with the microcontrollers discipline, from the technical course in industrial automation at the Instituto Federal de São Paulo, will be presented.