Promote hands-on Science Education with inquiry

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Maria Cristina
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Domingos, António Manuel, Teodoro, Vítor Duarte
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Ensino de Ciências e Matemática - REnCiMa
• Texto Completo: https://revistapos.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/rencima/article/view/1771
• topic: Questionamento investigativo; Ensino experimental das Ciências; Desenvolvimento profissional; Ensino básico; Hands-on; Inquiry; Science Education; Professional development; Primary school; Hands-on

This paper aims to investigate how to promote science hands-on experiments at primary school resorting to the inquiry approach. There are countless reports and studies that sustain the implementation of this approach at primary school. However, many authors still refer to difficulties about the use of the inquiry by the teachers in the classroom. This study intends to contribute to better understand this problem by giving an account of the results of an investigation developed with primary teachers, who participated in a Continuing Professional Development program. It will be presented a case study of a teacher who used the inquiry to implement science hands-on experiments. Data collection consisted in observations and individual portfolios presented by the teachers. With a qualitative methodology and an interpretative approach, it was verified that implementation difficulties are related to subject matter knowledge. However, we conclude that it is possible to implement the inquiry approach through a Continuing Professional development program that promotes a collaborative work and supports teachers on the innovation of their practices.