Formação de professores para o ensino de ciências – naturais: do cotidiano da vida ao conhecimento científico no 6º ano do ensino fundamental

Abstract

The Teaching of Natural Sciences has been marked along the times, by deep changes regarding deeds of teaching and learning. The traditional design no longer meets the educational needs of today's society, and, therefore, it imposes on teachers the challenge of breaking de contextualized teaching practices, and focus on dynamic and innovative methodological proposals. This study aimed to investigate the training of teachers of natural sciences in order to understand the effective pedagogical practice in the 6th year of elementary school in a public school of the Cabaceiras Paraguassu - Bahia. The theoretical framework used to inform the study were Delizoicov (1990); Krasilchik (1987); Cachapuz (2005), Carvalho (2003) and (2004), Freire (1996), Santos and Greca (2006) Pozo (2009), NCP (1997) and (2001), Tardif, (2002). The research was a qualitative, exploratory, using as an instrument for data collection, the direct observation, document analysis, interview and questionnaire in order to get stories and information dispensed by teachers and students of the 6th grade level, besides the legal apparatus. The results showed that the teaching of natural sciences remain guided by the transmission of knowledge by teachers and memorization technique by students. Moreover, we believe that one should think about the ongoing investment in teacher training and in promoting conditions that the teaching-learning process may make sense to teachers and learners.