Educação estatística e pesquisa de opinião: caminhos para uma reflexão crítica quanto ao uso das mídias digitais

Abstract

This work draws on research indicators that point to a sharp increase in internet access, almost exclusively through cell phones, among children and adolescents between the ages of 9 and 17. Considering that there is already an ongoing debate in education about the importance of connecting schools to the context in which students are inserted, and with the aim of developing both statistical knowledge and promoting reflection on the use of screens, the overall objective of the investigation was to analyze how Statistical Education, through an educational opinion survey conducted by first-year high school students at a public school in the city of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, could contribute to reflection on the use of digital media. Drawing on Didactic Engineering as both a methodology and a methodological procedure, an opinion survey was proposed, based on the Nossa Escola Pesquisa sua Opinião (Our School Research Your Opinion) program (NEPSO), which simultaneously connected learning, research, and opinion research projects. Thus, this research, with a mixed approach and exploratory character, based on Didactic Engineering, sought to strengthen pedagogical practices that expanded the possibilities and opportunities for the social use of Statistics.