Teaching through research with an STS/STSE and sustainability orientation in inservice training of Natural Sciences teachers

• Autor(a) principal: Leite, Sidnei Quezada Meireles
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Terra, Vilma Reis, Brasil, Elizabeth Detone Faustini
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34624/id.v8i1.3511

The purpose of this research was to examine a continuous training undergone by Natural Science teachers, of the State Network of Basic Education in the Espírito Santo state, Brazil, held in 2011, following the investigative teaching approach and focusing on Science-Technology-Society-Environment (STS/STSE). This training addressed experimental investigative practices and the use of non-formal education spaces, culminating in the publication of a book that collected pedagogical proposals of secondary school teachers. Our analysis was based on the investigative learning, as proposed by Gil & Castro, Moeed and Carvalho; and the STS/STSE focus proposed by Aikenhead, Santos & Auler, and Cachapuz et al. Many of the teachers who attended the training were unfamiliar with the STSE perspective. It was concluded that this continuous training did indeed follow an investigative learning perspective with an STS/STSE approach, perhaps proving to be a way to promote regional sustainability and improve the quality of science education in secondary schools in the Espírito Santo state, Brazil.