Religious Education is constituted as an area of knowledge in Basic Education and as an integral
part of the school curriculum, with optional enrollment for the student. The object of study in
this area is the religious knowledge about the different beliefs and practices existing in Brazilian
society, aiming at the integral education of the citizen. However, from informal conversations
with professionals in the area, it was found that there are few didactic materials and pedagogical
resources that work the curricular component from this perspective. Considering this, and added
to the need to think about Digital Information and Communication Technologies (DICT) in the
scope of teaching-learning, this thesis had as general target the produce a podcast to
demonstrate for teachers work in Religious education the possibilities of this media as an
alternative pedagogical resource to explore themes related to the religious diversity of Brazil.
The study started from the following guiding question: How can podcast contribute to the
teaching practice of Religious Education teachers? In this sense, there was the design and
production of a podcast with four episodes as a demonstration of the media an pedagogical
resource, based on DICT, to be explored in the approach of themes related to the religious
phenomenon. To achieve this end, research of an exploratory nature and of a qualitative
approach was carried out, in which a bibliographic survey was carried out on Religious
Education, Religious Studies, DICT, digital media and podcast for theoretical foundation of the
proposed product, in addition to documentary research on legislation about Religious Education
in Basic Education. The episodes of the pilot podcast covered Buddhism, Spiritism and the
podcast media itself, all of which underwent a validation process through the constitution of a
Panel of Experts, composed by teachers working in the area of Religious Studies and Religious
Education. The evaluation by the experts aimed to verify the quality of the product and the
feasibility of its use for the classroom. The experts listened to the episodes and filled out a form
made available via Google Forms, with closed and open questions. The results of the product
validation process indicate that there is a good receptivity in the area in relation to the use of
this media in Religious Education, but for its effective viability as a pedagogical resource, it is
necessary to be aware of technical issues, such as the availability of equipment for recording
and editing and access to the Internet by teachers and students, as well as appropriate guidelines
for dealing with these instruments. Defining the format and style of language to be used in
addressing the themes is also a relevant item pointed out in the evaluation, since as a
pedagogical resource the objective is to dialogue with students, so the planning of the podcast
must consider the context for which it is proposed. The presence of DICT in education is a fact
today and the podcast, one of the consequences of these technologies, can bring to this teaching
a contribution to the approach of the religious phenomenon.
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