Formação continuada de professoras dos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental: uma proposta para a promoção da alfabetização científica

Abstract

In this research we propose the development of investigative activities as a facilitator of the understanding of science concepts and the appropriation of scientific culture by children in the first years of elementary school. For this, the teacher must act as a facilitator of learning, enabling interaction between children, handling materials and argumentation. The research consisted of offering a 40-hour course, which addressed the teaching of Science and the promotion of Scientific Literacy. This course was held remotely, due to the Covid-19. Fifteen teachers from the region of Barra do Garças (MT), Querência (MT) and Aragarças (GO) participated in the course. Teaching by investigation, proposed by Anna Maria Pessoa de Carvalho and Lúcia Helena Sasseron, was the methodology adopted. In this research, we adopted a qualitative approach of the research-action type. The data collection instruments were open interviews in conversation circles and the planning of investigative activities by the teachers. The extension course “Continued training for teachers in the early years of elementary school and Scientific Literacy” was the educational product developed. This product contributed to the change of attitude of the teachers in relation to the process of teaching and learning of scientific concepts. It also provided a collective reflection on the Science teaching and the pedagogical practice that provides the beginning of the process of Scientific Literacy in the early years.