O Ensino e a Aprendizagem de Ciências na perspectiva da Educação CTS: uma pesquisa junto a estudantes do 4º ano do Ensino Fundamental

Abstract

His research with a qualitative approach, type of pedagogical intervention, was developed in the municipality of Piranhas-Goiás with students in the 4th year of Elementary School/initial years, Escola Municipal Militarizada Gercina Teixeira. Its general objective was to present a Didactic Sequence that involves the thematic axis “microorganisms”, with the aim of addressing Scientific Literacy, with the Perspective of CTS Education in Science Teaching and Learning. We sought to answer the main question: how is Scientific Literacy characterized, through a Didactic Sequence, from the perspective of CTS Education, for Science Teaching? The elaboration of the research was based on the structuring axes of Scientific Literacy through CTS Education, the teaching and learning of Sciences. The application of an initial and final questionnaire aimed to evaluate the students' development on the topic of microorganisms from the perspective of CTS Education. In this intervention, several and varied pedagogical activities were applied to the students, including theoretical and practical classes. The theories took place from discussion of texts, writing, drawings, videos at the field school. And the last three classes were practical and took place in the Natural Sciences laboratory at CEPI Maria Eulália de Jesus Portilho when, in addition to the activities listed in the theoretical classes, there were also experiments with contamination of objects. The analyzes carried out showed the evolution of students in CTS Education, with learning related to microorganisms such as: fungi, viruses and bacteria. The Educational Product, “the secret life of microorganisms: a didactic sequence to promote scientific literacy”, carried out based on the Natural Sciences contents provided for in the curriculum, to assist in the development of Science teaching and learning from the CTS Education Perspective.