Science and School cultural aspects: a study about science classes with focus on scientific literacy, inquiry-based teaching and argumentation

• Grant number: 15/07787-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: September 01, 2015
• End date: May 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education - Educational Teaching and Learning
• Principal Investigator: Lúcia Helena Sasseron Roberto
• Grantee: Lúcia Helena Sasseron Roberto
• Host Investigator: Gregory John Kelly
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Educação (FE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Pennsylvania State University, United States

Abstract

This project outlines ideas to be put in action during a postdoctoral stage. Among goals of this stage are to establish partnership between Brazilian and American research groups and to research about promotion of scientific literacy and argumentation in science classrooms. More specifically, we intend to analyze the relationship between cultural aspects built within classroom and cultural aspects of subjects in the classroom, so is important to look for evidence of these aspects as well as the processes that trigger them. Our expectation is to provide a mutual contribution to research in science education and for science education, enable us to provide instruments and categories for analysis of discursive interactions in inquiry-based classes, considering processes in which scientific practices scholar practices hybridize in classroom.