A IMAGEM EM ARTIGOS PUBLICADOS NO PERÍODO 1998-2007 NA ÁREA DE EDUCAÇÃO EM CIÊNCIAS

Abstract

This work analyses a set of representative articles about images in Science Education field, published from 1998 through 2007, with the aim of getting clues as to the status of the body of knowledge of the theme built so far. Using categories such as: image role; image nature; support and media; approach; reference studies scenery; empirical data collecting tools and kind of data analysis, we have noticed a predominance of the fields of semiotic and cognition, of the empiric works of the theorists and yet, a preference in approaching the image as the central study object and the aspects of its production.