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| Author(s): |
Jessica Norberto Rocha
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem |
| Defense date: | 2013-11-22 |
| Examining board members: |
Maria das Graças Conde Caldas;
Carlos Alberto Vogt;
Carmen de Caro
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| Advisor: | Maria das Graças Conde Caldas |
| Abstract | |
In order to educate anyone in the contemporary world, the notion of what happens in Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) is vital, i.e., their main findings, methods, uses, risks and limitations as well as the interests and decisions that govern their processes and applications. Beyond formal education and science education, the building of a Scientific Culture in society also depends on several factors from the social environment, which often belong to the universe of non-formal education, such as access to various means of information, to scientific and cultural centers, to places for civic debates, to cultural offerings, such as theater, cinema, fairs, among others. Therefore, this study aimed to identify and analyze the Scientific Culture of Primary Education teachers and future teachers, both undergraduate students in the Education Course from Universidade Aberta do Brasil (Open University of Brazil - UAB) from UFMG, in order to reflect on the formation of this culture and development process, as well as evaluating their pedagogical practices for science teaching and discussions about ST&I. The study, which is a single case study (YIN, 2001), includes bibliographical and documentary research, quantitative and qualitative analysis of the data collected from the questionnaires based on Public Understanding of Science models and from the semistructured interviews conducted with a stratified sample of the research public and crossed analysis between the data collected and evidence. The study corpus consists of 155 course participants, from the 2011 course, from five towns, in Minas Gerais (Araçuaí, Campos Gerais, Formiga, Governador Valadares e Teófilo Otoni). The results show that there is an interconnectedness and an interdependence between the eight rings of Teachers' Scientific Culture (model created by research), as follows: sociodemographic characteristics, culture, reading and access to places of science and culture; main issues of interest; informative habits; scientific information; participation in ST&I issues; imaginary on ST&I and on the scientist; and pedagogical practice. It also reveals that there are gaps on cultural offers and on the access to qualified information in the regions where this public lives, with significant losses in the teachers' scientific and cultural formation and pedagogical practices. Most teachers consider important to use media in the classroom as a teaching resource which motivates learning, but they also believe that the ST&I news are complex and difficult to understand. It is also evident that are expectations not covered in the course, mainly about didactics in the classroom, such as examples of what to do in different situations, and what paradidactic resources can be used to boost classes. From this research, it is expected to strengthen future research programs on Scientific and Cultural Communication study area in the country (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/04219-1 - School teachers scientific culture: the educational experience of Universidade Aberta do Brasil - UFMG |
| Grantee: | Jessica Norberto Rocha |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |