Experimentation in Non-formal Education Spaces: the Teaching of Scientific Concepts in an Environmental Education Center

• Autor(a) principal: Fonseca de Souza, Vanessa
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: de Azambuja Maraschin, André, Maria Hartmann, Ângela, Marques Martins, Márcio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Tear: Revista de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ifrs.edu.br/index.php/tear/article/view/5214

Abstract: The use of experimentation has been considered essential in the teaching and learning process, as it awakens a strong interest in students. Taking this premise into account, a research has been done with the objective of evaluating how the development of demonstrative experiments in microscale and contextualized in daily situations can contribute to the learning of scientific concepts related to the water treatment and, at the same time, promote the reflexion of visitors in a Water Treatment Station. The guide contemplated the Chemical reaction, gravity and THE separation of mixtures concepts. The research is classified as  interpretative nature, with qualitative and quantitative analysis of questionnaires, answered by students in the first year of high school in two public schools in the STATE. The results show that there were positive contributions to the teaching of science in relation to the use of experiments in a non-formal educational space, as long as the action is achieved in a way that complements the teaching method given BY the school. The results showed positive contributions to the learning of scientific concepts and awareness about the water use, OBSERVED during the visitation and demonstrative experimentation. It has been argued in favor of the development of more activities in this perspective, as long as they are planned, considering the teaching objectives and the learning specificities. Keywords: Water Treatment Plant. Non-formal education. Science teaching.