Potencialidades do filme de ficção Avatar para a alfabetização científica dos sujeitos no contexto da educação básica

Abstract

This paper has investigated the potential of the fiction movie Avatar for the development of curricula whose guiding principle is the Science, Technology, Society and Environment (CTSA) approach and which are focused on the scientific literacy of subjects in the context of basic education. For this, the methodological resources of screen ethnography were explored to explore problematizing scenarios that favor the scientific literacy process of the subjects from the science fiction movie Avatar. As results of this research movement, we observe that from a work aimed at the construction of CTSA curricula it is possible to problematize through the scenes of the Avatar movie, questions related to the origin of life; sustainability; physical phenomena such as gravitation and magnetism; fauna and flora; theory of species evolution; cultural, ethical and religious aspects that are necessary and necessary for the scientific literacy process of the subjects. In addition, the visual appeal of the movie associated with the surrounding storyline can help awaken interest in science, not only in biology, but also in sociology, philosophy, religious education, geography, physics, and chemistry. The notes made in the work demonstrated that the movie can help in the development of a pedagogical work in the different areas of knowledge or in interdisciplinary projects.

Keywords

• avatar
• filme
• alfabetização científica