SCIENCE CLUB: A LOOK FROM BRAZILIAN THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

• Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Nilciane Pinto Ribeiro de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Viana, Rodney Haulien Oliveira, Ferreira, Gecilane, Nogueira, Leonardo Cipriano
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Reamec
• Texto Completo: https://periodicoscientificos.ufmt.br/ojs/index.php/reamec/article/view/12435
• topic: Alfabetização Científica; Ensino de ciências; Espaço não formal de aprendizagem; Alfabetización Científica; Enseñanza de las ciencias; Espacio de aprendizaje no formal; Scientific Literacy; Science teaching; Non-formal learning space

Teaching and learning can take place in formal spaces and in non-formal learning spaces. The Science Club is a non-formal proposal for science education. The research aimed to analyze the theses and dissertations produced in Brazil in the last ten years about Science Club, investigating the occurrence, origin and main focuses of the objectives of these studies, thus making notes about Brazilian scientific production about Science Clubs. This study comprises a qualitative approach research, carried out through a literature review of theses and dissertations available in the CAPES and BDTD Theses and Dissertations Banks during the period from 2011 to 2020, whose data were analyzed using the method of Bardin's Content Analysis. The results showed a greater concentration of research in the North and South regions of the country, with students from the final years of Elementary School as the main participants. The analysis of the objectives allowed the identification of five categories according to the central issue of focus of the works, namely: Promotion of Scientific Literacy and construction of scientific knowledge of students, Investigations on the development of Science Clubs, Teacher training, Contributions to training of students and Space for initiation and scientific dissemination. We conclude that Science Clubs have great relevance for the teaching of science, being an important scientific literacy tool for students, thus contributing to personal and scientific training.