Reading texts from scientists by an initial teacher training student: a possibility of access to discourses that contrast with the discourse of post-truth

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Maria José Pereira Monteiro de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Silva, André Coelho da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Caderno Brasileiro de Ensino de Física (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/fisica/article/view/74195

We investigated the production of meanings by a Physics initial teacher training student in a reading activity of texts written by scientists, specifically, a book by Werner Heisenberg and another by Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld. We postulate that readings like these can foster access to cultural aspects associated with Science, acting to weaken the discourse of post-truth. We take Discourse Analysis as theoretical and methodological support, assuming the non-transparency of the language and the relevance of historicity for understanding of interpretations. We analyzed some of the student representations about the books, also commenting on the nature of their questions, opinions, doubts and difficulties that arose during the readings. The analyzes showed that the readings enabled the student to access various cultural aspects related to Modern and Contemporary Physics. They also highlighted the conflicts of ideas that emerged for the student, which probably result from the comparison between what the authors said and the Physics known by him until then. Finally, in view of the nature and diversity of the doubts raised, we indicate the wealth of possible mediated discussions that may be made after reading the texts.