Science Fairs in Brazil: overview, results and recommendations

• Autor(a) principal: Brito Collares da Silva, Camila
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Angela Veit, Eliane, Solano Araujo, Ives
• 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/87176
• topic: Science Fairs; Literature Review; Science Education; Feira de Ciências; Revisão da Literatura; Ensino e Aprendizagem de Ciências

The main objectives of this literature review are to outline an overview of the education and teaching research on Science Fairs based in Brazil; identify the main justifications presented to promote such kind of event; and point out the main results and recommendations from the papers. The search resulted in a total of 168 articles. After applying some exclusion criteria, this number was reduced to 38. The papers were classified into three categories of analysis: empirical and theoretical (n=19) research, literature review (n=2), and experience report (n=17). As main recommendations we highlight the need of i) attention to the epistemological conceptions promoted in the Science Fairs, ii) improvements in pedagogical and methodological guidelines for the development of student’s projects and iii) innovations in the methodology of evaluation of projects and its presentations, as well in the evaluation of the Fairs. We also highlight the potential of Fairs in teacher education and in the formation of a critical citizen consciousness.