BRAZILIAN SCIENCE CLUBS: A SCENARIO ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS (2020-2023)

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Rafaela Bressan Tadiello
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Garcia, Rosane Nunes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Reamec
• Texto Completo: https://periodicoscientificos.ufmt.br/ojs/index.php/reamec/article/view/16518
• topic: Club de Ciencias; Plataformas digitales; Enseñanza de Ciencias; Actividades de investigación; Educación Básica; Clube de Ciências; Plataformas digitais; Ensino de Ciências; Atividades investigativas; Educação Básica; Science Club; Digital Platforms; Science Education; Investigative Activities; Basic Education

Science clubs are spaces dedicated to developing scientific knowledge, helping club members to understand and interpret the world around them in a reflective way, not accepting information as absolute truth, but assimilating it and forming a critical view of it. This article aimed to investigate the current panorama of Science clubs located in Brazilian territory, checking which are active or not, as well as analyzing their proposed activities. The research methodology was qualitative, characterized as an exploratory and descriptive study. To collect data, searches were carried out on digital platforms (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and Google), using the term “Science club”. The results revealed that, of the 1,085 search results found registered with the name “Science clubs”, only 281 actually referred to a Science club. The states with the greatest representation are São Paulo, Pará and Santa Catarina. The most used digital platforms are YouTube, Google and Instagram. Of the 44 responses to messages sent, 30 clubs are active, 7 have their activities suspended and 7 have temporarily gone remote. Furthermore, it was identified that the majority of Science clubs develop proposals predominantly of a demonstrative nature, not demonstrating the presence of scientific initiation activities. Therefore, the relevance of implementing Science clubs and a better exploration of digital resources stands out, seeking greater emphasis on the socialization of the proposals made, in order to collaborate with the propagation of scientific knowledge.