Aprender Ciências e Desenvolver o Pensamento Crítico: percursos educativos no 1º ciclo do Ensino Básico

• Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves, Emília
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Vieira, Rui Marques
• 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.v7i1.2602

The present article aims to present the study realized in the scope of the Masters Degree in teaching of 1st and 2nd Cycle of basic education. The study had the purpose of developing capacities of the critical thinking (CT) in students of 2nd grade of primary school, through the diversity of strategies of the teaching and learning, considered, potentially, promoters of this capacities, namely debate, concept maps and experimental work. An investigation settled on a methodology of investigationaction of the qualitative type having as participating 22 students of 2nd educational level. The data collection of the evidences happened utilizing a variety of instruments, like: diary of the investigator, tape recording of the lessons and written registry of the students. In conformity with the analysis of the data collected, concluded that the students, public target of study, evidenced, in a non homogeneous way, the use of the capacities of the PC, in the area of elementary clarification. The evidences refer to mainly, to the capacity of focus one question, to the capacity of analyzing arguments and to the capacity making and responding to questions of clarification and challenge. Were examples of evidences the following situations: when the students, placed in front of three distinct opinions, had to opt only for one, justifying it; when, through the construction of the map of concepts, demonstrated the capacity of analyzing arguments and in the oral interventions. Considering, therefore, that the strategies used are strengtheners of the development of the capacities of the PC of the students of 1st Cycle of basic education. Although, it’s necessary that its implementation is accomplished in a systematic manner, then only this way, can measure its development and effective mobilization.