2023-09-062023-09-062023-09-062021-11-23https://repositorio.ifal.edu.br/handle/123456789/306Contemporary society develops through networks and algorithms, which favor access to (dis)information, which requires the development of analysis, synthesis and criticism skills. In this context, Professional and Technological Education contributes to the integral formation of the subject when it assumes work as an educational principle and develops research as a pedagogical principle. The present investigation started from the question: Can teacher training for the use of the WebQuest tool collaborate with the development of research as a pedagogical principle in the context of Professional and Technological Education? The developed studies aim to collaborate in the deepening of teachers’ knowledge about the epistemological, didactic and operational principles of the WebQuest tool, in order to favor the orientation of school researches in virtual sources, during classroom teaching or Remote Teaching. The epistemological and analytical basis that guided this research was historical-dialectical materialism. The research is qualitative in nature, serving exploratory and descriptive purposes. The action research method was adopted because it considers its adequacy to solve problems that are of interest to the researcher and research participants. The development of action research involved four phases: diagnosis; construction of the Educational Product (PE); application of the Educational Product; Description, analysis of data and results. The collection instruments used were semi-structured questionnaires, conversation circles and documents. The Educational Product developed was a didactic sequence. The dialectical-historical materialism enabled the perception and critical analysis of the reality experienced during the diagnostic phase (2019) and the period of application of the Educational Product (2021), marked by a pandemic. This analysis required the NP to be adapted, so that its application took place through the Virtual Workshop. Six professors and 19 students from the Middle Level Integrated Technical Courses in Environment and Tourism Guide, IFAL, Campus Marechal Deodoro,participated in the research. The results of this investigation were analyzed following the path of hermeneutic-dialectical thinking and demonstrate that the WebQuest tool favors the inseparability of teaching and research; and within the context of Remote Learning, it is an effective tool in the process of guiding asynchronous activities. The biggest challenge identified for using the WebQuest is the methodological construction of a proposal in which students and educators act as producers of knowledge, not just as subjects who follow scripts or indicate sources of information for research. Overcoming this challenge requires investment in teacher training, as well as guaranteeing time for teachers to act as researchers and producers of teaching tools.Acesso AbertoEnsinoEducação ProfissionalFormação DocenteFerramenta WebQuestLetramento DigitalDissertaçãoCNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO::ENSINO-APRENDIZAGEM