The Integration of the Digital Platform Educaplay in Interdisciplinary Paths in the 1st and 2nd Basic Education Cycles

Oct 15, 2026

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This study evaluates the potential of the digital educational platform Educaplay for the 1st and 2nd Basic Education cycles through a qualitative interpretative methodology. It examines how integrating digital resources supports transdisciplinary learning and the holistic development of children. Data were gathered via participating observation and field notes, analyzing actions and social construction of reality. The sample included 73 children, and results indicate gains in transversal interdisciplinary content appropriation and 21st-century skills, values, and attitudes.

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The Integration of the Digital Platform Educaplay in Interdisciplinary Paths in the 1st and 2nd Basic Education Cycles By Vânia Graça *, Paula Quadro-Flores + & Altina Ramos± The dialogue between knowledge, pedagogies and didactic resources gives meaning to learning. This learning when integrated in a transdisciplinary environment enhances the holistic development of the child. This study is part of the Master’s Degree in Education of the 1st Cycle of Basic Education and Portuguese and History and Geography of Portugal in the 2nd Cycle of Basic Education, integrated in the IFITIC Project "Innovate with ICT in Initial Teacher Training to Promote Methodological Renewal in Pre-school Education and in the 1st Cycle of Basic Education". The purpose of this research is to verify the potential of the digital educational platform Educaplay in the 1st and 2nd Basic Education Cycles. In this sense, the qualitative methodology was used, of an interpretative and comprehensive nature, since the aim is to analyze the social, valuing the meaning of action and the role of the subjects in the social construction of reality. The data were collected by the participating observation practice and field notes, since they allow access to facts, situations and behaviors, difficult to be captured through the survey or interview. In the first stage the educational practice was understood through the integration of digital resources and in the second stage the facts and their impacts were analyzed and interpreted. The sample involved 73 children, 21 children attending 3rd grade and 52 children from two classes attending 6th grade at a school in the Porto region. The results show that this platform has promoted: a) the appropriation of contents in a transversal and interdisciplinary way and b) the development of skills, values and attitudes inherent to the profile of the XXI century student. Thus, the article presents the educational practices that have integrated tools of Educaplay by the voice of the narrator. It is hoped that this research can provide pointers for teachers and educators seeking to renew their educational practices of vertical and horizontal articulation. Keywords: digital platform Educaplay, vertical articulation, horizontal articulation, participant observation, field notes Introduction The design of interdisciplinary teaching paths by the teacher requires a combination of knowledge, pedagogy and teaching resources to enhance student learning. In turn, it implies a renewal of educational practices (Quadros-Flores & Raposo-Rivas, 2017) and an initial training of quality teachers that accompanies the metamorphosis of the school and creates new environments for professional * Doctoral Student, Institute of Education, University of Minho, Portugal.+Assistant Professor, School of Education, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal ±Assistant Professor, Institute of Education, University of Minho, Portugal. teaching training (Nóvoa, 2019). Stimulating interaction between theory and practice, responding to a plural and flexible teacher profile, capable of articulating knowledge between the various areas of knowledge (horizontal articulation) and between years of schooling (vertical articulation) responding to the interests of today's young people is a challenge that reaches us. In this sense, this article is part of the Supervised Educational Practice (SEP) contemplated in the Master’s Degree Course in Teaching at the 1st Cycle of Basic Education and Portuguese and History and Geography of Portugal at the 2nd Cycle of Basic Education. The formative model adopted at SEP sought to stimulate, among teachers in initial training, practices in which the integration of knowledge between areas of specialization and teaching cycles was promoted, respecting the specificities of each area, in a permanent "shuttle" process that leads to future changes (Oliveira & Serrazina, 2002; Graça, 2018). In this context, the trainee student ha

FAQs

What is the main purpose of the study?

To verify the potential of the digital educational platform Educaplay in the 1st and 2nd Basic Education cycles.

How was data collected for this research?

Through participating observation practice and field notes, enabling access to facts, situations, and behaviors hard to capture via surveys or interviews.

What were the participants and how many children were involved?

The sample involved 73 children: 21 attending 3rd grade and 52 attending 6th grade across two classes at a school in the Porto region.

Oct 15, 2026

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