A utilização do laboratório virtual como possibilidade metodológica para o ensino da química na educação de jovens e adultos

Abstract

This work addresses the use of virtual laboratories in chemistry teaching, with a focus on Youth and Adult Education (EJA). Its general objective is to analyze the use of virtual laboratories as a methodological possibility in teaching chemistry for EJA and as specific objectives to investigate the potential of virtual laboratories in teaching Chemistry to meet the demands of EJA; present examples of virtual laboratory platforms and tools applicable to Chemistry teaching; identify the functionalities and accessibility of virtual laboratories for EJA. The research aims to highlight how these tools can make teaching more dynamic, accessible and aligned with the realities of EJA students, overcoming infrastructure limitations and expanding access to experimental learning. The chosen methodology was bibliographical research with a qualitative approach, using the periodicals Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertaçãos (BDTD) and Google Scholar as a database, under the time frame of 2011 – 2024 from which articles, dissertations and theses were collected. The results demonstrate that virtual laboratories are an important ally incorporated into the teaching methodology for young adult education. It is clear that there is a gap in the use of these technologies in EJA.