Research science teaching: reading contributions to scientific literacy in the early years

Abstract

This text is part of a research developed in the Professional Master degree in Science and Mathematics Teaching. It starts from the idea of a Science Teaching that offers students the possibility of using their scientific knowledge on understanding and interacting with the world around them. The research consisted of the development of an Investigative Teaching Sequence (SEI), entitled “How does a rainbow form in the sky?”, With a 5th grade elementary school class from Arapiraca-AL. The objective was to analyze the contributions of reading texts of the legendary genre for the promotion of Scientific Literacy for a 5th grade elementary school, through the didactic approach of teaching by investigation. To guide the research, we started from the following problem: What are the contributions of reading the legendary textual genre in promoting the Scientific Literacy of students in a 5th grade elementary school through research teaching? Thus, the Qualitative Approach sought the methodological assumptions that consisted of an application research, using as a data collection instrument the application of the Didactic Sequence followed by open questions. The results show that reading texts in science education allowed the inclusion of students in scientific culture through learning concepts, expanding vocabulary, understanding the nature of science and training critical citizens who are aware of their rights and duties in society.

Keywords

• alfabetização científica
• ensino de ciências por investigação
• sequência de ensino investigativa
• anos iniciais.