期刊名称：Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Ciência e Tecnologia
电子版ISSN：1982-873X
出版年度：2021
卷号：14
期号：3
DOI：10.3895/rbect.v14n3.14231
语种：Portuguese
出版社：Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
摘要：STEAM labs (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) are practical and interdisciplinary learning environments. When students are working in these labs, learning is built through multiple streams of information that span the entire environment. There is always a lot of collaboration between students, teachers and between them and devices, kits, and tools. To understand the construction process of this knowledge network, a methodology for mapping information flows was developed. Maps can provide important information for knowledge management in these environments. Our objective was to study how space shapes knowledge flows and how students can redesign these flows according to project needs. The professor presented a closed project on robotics to 16 students. The researchers used an ethnographic methodology, observing students in the environment and writing down their observations in a notebook. These data were entered into a software, which generated the interaction map. The network analysis pointed out 3 elements that should be highlighted: (a) isolation, (b) hubs, and (c) the role of the central bank. Each one was related to a feature of the space that contributed to the dynamics of information exchange in the environment.
