Novas abordagens ao conceito de manual escolar (em digital): evidências, conclusões e desafios do projeto FAINA

This research appears within the scope of the pedagogical monitoring process by the Portuguese Catholic University to the FAINA 1: 1 Project, developed in the School Group of Montemor-o-Novo between the years 2017 and 2019. This Group assumed the commitment of a class of 7th year abdicate the traditional paper school manual in all subjects, throughout the 3rd cycle, having available to each student a space of digital content installed on a tablet. Based on the selection, creation, and availability of the contents of all subjects by the teachers, using tablets, implying the construction of a digital manual, the FAINA Project constituted a driving element of a pedagogical innovation strategy. It was intended, therefore, to identify, during the three years of development, a change in the educational methodologies and strategies on the part of the teachers and the ability of the students to adapt to a new context. Adopting a mixed methodology, by conducting interviews, applying questionnaires, observing classes and document analysis, the Project's potential was seen as a driver for breaking the traditional teaching paradigm and an active teaching-learning process.