Science education: a proposal for schooling the concept of death through the life cycle approach

Abstract

This article presents reflections of a study designed to propose the conceptual profile of death and identify aspects of the pedagogical approach of the cycle of life, in Science Teaching. We discuss, in particular, aspects on the following question: What are the possibilities of transforming the concept of death into a school concept, through the pedagogical approach of the cycle of life, in science teaching? The subjects involved were students from two classes of the seventh grade, of elementary education, attending science classes in a public school located in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. The analysis of the collected data allowed to perceive that the pedagogical approach of the cycle of life unit dramatically changed the way students talk and think about the cycle of life and the death

Keywords

• ensino de ciências
• ciclo de vida
• morte