THE USE OF LEARNING OBJECTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY

Abstract

In Brazil, the actions for the insertion of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in the educational environment has been occurred for more than two decades and the use of these technological resources is considered as able helping the teaching work, as well as, improve the process of learning. Among technological tools, Learning Objects are resources with great potential to promote pedagogical objectives, enrich the learning process of children, add elements of playfull to school, essential element when thinking about teaching in Elementary School. For this reason, this article aims to perform a bibliographic research of the theses and dissertations produced in Posgraduate Programs in Brazil with the objective of investigating how Learning Objects approach has been discussed in this country. For this propose, we develop a research based on the bibliometric approach as work method to identify the trends of use of Learning Objects in Elementary School and to foster the construction of theoretical knowledge about this subject.