Avaliação de recursos didáticos para o ensino de microcontroladores e possibilidades de aplicação em sala de aula/laboratório

Abstract

This dissertation proposes to review the technologies and teaching methods currently employed in the teaching of microcontrollers. For this work, a bibliographic research was done on microcontrollers, with a methodological approach based on the Case Study. At the data collection stage, qualitative and quantitative research was used, and the sample of the research population consisted of 47 teaching plans and 37 pedagogical projects of different courses of Brazilian technical, technological and higher education institutions, 32 teachers who Teach the discipline of microcontrollers or similar, of technical, technological and / or superior courses in Brazil, and 11 students of technical and technological courses in Santa Maria, RS - Brazil. The teachers 'perception regarding the teaching of microcontrollers was evaluated through a web questionnaire, and the students' knowledge was evaluated through a demonstrative class of the three practical methodologies and a web questionnaire. The disciplines that teach microcontrollers usually have the name Microcontrollers or Microcontrolling Systems, the total workload is 60 or 72 hours, with theoretical hours of 36 or 30 hours and practical hours of 30 or 36 hours. The most commonly used microcontrollers are those of the PIC and 8051 families, together with the programming languages Assembly and C. In relation to the order of use of microcontroller teaching methods, simulation is commonly employed by first, secondly we have a technical tie between The educational kit and the assembly, and thirdly use the assembly. It is concluded that there is a great range of resources for teaching microcontrollers, with some standing out and forming a pattern. Due to regional peculiarities and partnerships with industry, it is up to the teacher to identify the level of deepening required for the discipline and to which job market the student needs to be prepared, thereby choosing the appropriate teaching resources.