A fenomenologia da síndrome de Tourette (ST) é complexa. Apesar de tiques motores e vocais serem as características definidoras da síndrome, muitas pessoas relatam ter urgências premonitórias (fenômenos sensoriais) de difícil descrição. A história natural da ST também é variável, com alguns indivíduos que experimentam uma redução acentuada nos tiques até o final da segunda década de vida, enquanto outros permanecem com sintomas ao longo de toda a vida adulta. Os objetivos principais desta tese são três: (1) desenvolver um instrumento de avaliação clínica com boa validade e confiabilidade para ST; (2) investigar os fenômenos sensoriais (FS) associados a ST; e (3) documentar o curso da gravidade dos tiques durante as duas primeiras décadas de vida. Para atingir esses objetivos incluíram-se grupos de pacientes clinicamente bem caracterizados e de artigos científicos publicados em periódicos internacionais de alto impacto. A Escala de Gravidade Global de tiques de Yale (YGTSS) apresentou excelentes propriedades psicométricas, o que foi replicado em estudos independentes. Também emergiu como a escala de gravidade mais utilizada em ensaios clínicos randomizados para ST em todo o mundo. Os FS, particularmente urgências premonitórias, são comumente relatados entre os indivíduos com ST com a partir da idade de 10 anos. Há uma sobreposição considerável com os FS descritos por indivíduos com Transtorno Obsessivo- Compulsivo (TOC). Os tiques costumam ter seu início na primeira década de vida e, então, seguem um curso flutuante com mudança do seu repertório. Conforme documentado no terceiro estudo, para a maioria dos pacientes, o período de pior gravidade dos tiques ocorre geralmente entre 7 e 15 anos de idade, após o qual a gravidade declina gradualmente. Esta queda dos sintomas de tiques é consistente com os dados epidemiológicos disponíveis que indicam uma prevalência muito menor de ST entre adultos do que crianças. Em resumo, há um esforço para incremento da caracterização fenomenológica e da história natural da ST. Revisões da YGTSS devem ser consideradas. Avanços significativos foram feitos para caracterizar e mensurar os FS associados a ST. Estudos acerca das bases neurobiológicas, da fenomenologia e da história natural da ST estão em andamento no sentido de identificar os indicadores prognósticos / The phenomenology of Tourette syndrome is complex. Although overt motor and vocal tics are the defining features of Tourette syndrome, many individuals report experiencing sensory \"urges,\" which are often difficult to describe. The natural history of this condition is also variable, with some individuals experiencing a marked reduction in tics by the end of the second decade of life while others go on to have a lifelong condition. The aim of this thesis was three-fold: (1) to develop a valid and reliable clinical rating instrument; (2) to investigate the sensory phenomena associated with Tourette syndrome; and (3) to document the course of tic severity over the course of the first two decades of life. Each of these three studies involved groups of patients with Tourette syndrome or a chronic tic disorder and each of these studies has been published in a peer-reviewed journal. The Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) has excellent psychometric properties that have been independently replicated. It has also emerged as the most widely used clinician-rated tic severity scale in randomized clinical trials around the world. Sensory phenomena, particularly premonitory urges, are commonly reported among individuals with Tourette syndrome by the age of 10 years. There is considerable overlap with the sensory phenomena described by individuals with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Tics usually have their onset in the first decade of life. They then follow a waxing and waning course and a changing repertoire of tics. As documented in the third study, for a majority of patients the period of worst tic severity usually falls between the ages of 7 and 15 years of age, after which tic severity gradually declines. This falloff in tic symptoms is consistent with available epidemiological data that indicate a much lower prevalence of Tourette syndrome among adults than children. This decline in tic severity has been confirmed in subsequent studies. In summary, incremental progress is being made in our efforts to characterize the phenomenology and natural history of Tourette syndrome. Revisions to the YGTSS should be considered. Significant advances have been made in measuring the premonitory urges associated with Tourette syndrome. The neurobiological underpinnings of the phenomenology and natural history of Tourette syndrome are currently underway in an effort to identify prognostic indicators

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Au tournant du XXe siècle, et de façon de plus en plus prononcée jusqu’à la veille de la seconde guerre mondiale, la littérature de langue française se met à attribuer aux bêtes des capacités traditionnellement réservées à l’humain. Celles-ci possèdent, découvre-t-on, comme nous, une riche vie affective et émotionnelle, interagissent avec leur environnement en configurant, par production et interprétation de signes, un univers subjectif propre, communiquent avec les autres êtres vivants de manière complexe au moyen de diverses formes langagières, raisonnent, pensent intelligemment, ou encore vivent comme des individus ou des personnes dotés d’une histoire singulière. En somme, à une époque où prédominent, en philosophie, en science, en littérature, le paradigme anthropocentriste, des conceptions réductionnistes de la vie animale, les bêtes littéraires deviennent des sujets, elles se voient octroyer, par tout un ensemble d’écrivains, une existence. Celle-ci s’avère la plupart du temps énigmatique : la lecture et l’écriture ont dès lors pour objet son dévoilement, le déchiffrement mais aussi l’interrogation et la configuration du « grimoire » (Genevoix) animal. Notamment inspiré par cette métaphore heuristique, je souhaite dans cette thèse étudier comment, entre 1891 et 1938, la prose littéraire de langue française, donc toute une variété d’écrits, recrée l’existence animale, tente d’appréhender la nature concrète de la vie des bêtes et les relations que nous entretenons avec elles. Il s’agit finalement de mesurer la dimension éthique de ces textes qui, en déconstruisant l’anthropocentrisme, aident à repenser la façon dont nous considérons les bêtes et notre cohabitation avec elles. / At the turn of the twentieth century and increasingly until the Second World War, French-language literature started to provide animals with capacities that were traditionally reserved for humans. In the relevant texts, animals have a rich emotional life, they interact and communicate with their environment and other living beings in numerous and complex ways ; by producing and interpreting signs, they construct a subjective world of their own. They demonstrate, moreover, amazing reasoning and cognitive abilities and original personalities. In short, at a time when, in philosophy, science and literature, prevail the anthropocentric paradigm and reductionist conceptions of animal life, literary animals become subjects, they are granted, by a whole set of writers, an existence. This existence is most of the time enigmatic : reading and writing therefore involve its unveiling, the deciphering but also the questioning and configuration of the animal "grimoire" (Genevoix). Inspired in particular by this heuristic metaphor, I wish in this piece of research to study how, between 1891 and 1938, French-language literary prose, thus a whole variety of writings, recreates animal lives, tries to apprehend the concrete nature of animals and the relationships we have with them. My final goal is to measure the ethical dimension of these texts which, by deconstructing anthropocentrism, help to rethink the way we view animals and our coexistence with them.

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Magical realist fiction is marked by a striking abundance of animals. Analysing magical realist novels from Australia and Canada, as well as exploring the influence of two seminal Latin American magical realist narratives, this thesis focuses on representations of animals and animality. Examining human-animal relationships in the postcolonial context reveals that magical realism embodies and represents an idea of feral animality that critically engages with an inherently imperialist and Cartesian humanism, and that, moreover, accounts for magical realism's elusiveness within systems of genre categorisation and labelling. It is this embodiment and presence of animal agency that animates magical realism and injects it with life and vibrancy. The magical realist writers discussed in this dissertation make use of animal practices inextricably intertwined with imperialism, such as pastoral farming, natural historical collections, the circus, the rodeo, the Wild West show, and the zoo, as well as alternative animal practices inherently incompatible with European ideologies, such as the Aboriginal Dreaming, Native North American animist beliefs, and subsistence hunting, as different ways of positioning themselves in relation to the Cartesian human subject. The circus is a particular influence on the form and style of many magical realist texts, whereby oxymoronically structured circensian spaces form the basis of the narratives‟ realities, and hierarchical imperial structures and hegemonic discourses that are portrayed as natural through Cartesian science and Linnaean taxonomies are revealed as deceptive illusions that perpetuate the self-interests of the powerful.

«Building Blocks: Children’s Literature and the Formation of a Nation, 1750-1825» examine la façon dont la littérature pour enfants imprègne les jeunes lecteurs avec un sens de nationalisme et d'identité nationale à travers la compréhension des espaces et des relations spatiales. La thèse étudie les œuvres d’enfants par Thomas Day, Sarah Fielding, Mary Wollstonecraft, Richard Lovell et Maria Edgeworth, Charles et Mary Lamb, Sarah Trimmer, Lucy Peacock, Priscilla Wakefield, John Aikin, et Anna Laetitia Barbauld. Les différents sujets thématiques reflètent la façon dont les frontières entre les dimensions extérieures et intérieures, entre le monde physique et le domaine psychologique, sont floues. En s'appuyant sur les travaux de penseurs éducatifs, John Locke et Jean-Jacques Rousseau, les écritures pour les enfants soulignent l'importance des expériences sensorielles qui informent l’évolution interne des individus. En retour, la projection de l'imagination et l'investissement des sentiments aident à former la manière dont les gens interagissent avec le monde matériel et les uns envers les autres afin de former une nation. En utilisant une approche Foucaldienne, cette thèse montre comment la discipline est inculquée chez les enfants et les transforme en sujets réglementés. Grâce à des confessions et des discours, les enfants souscrivent à la notion de surveillance et de transparence tandis que l'appréciation de l'opinion publique encourage la pratique de la maîtrise de soi. Les enfants deviennent non seulement des ébauches, sensibles à des impressions, mais des corps d'écriture lisibles. Les valeurs et les normes de la société sont internalisées pendant que les enfants deviennent une partie intégrale du système qu'ils adoptent. L'importance de la visibilité est également soulignée dans la popularité du système de Linné qui met l'accent sur l'observation et la catégorisation. L'histoire naturelle dans la littérature enfantine renforce la structure hiérarchique de la société, ce qui souligne la nécessité de respecter les limites de classes et de jouer des rôles individuels pour le bien-être de la collectivité. Les connotations religieuses dans l'histoire naturelle peuvent sembler justifier l'inégalité des classes, mais elles diffusent aussi des messages de charité, de bienveillance et d'empathie, offrant une alternative ou une forme d’identité nationale «féminine» qui est en contraste avec le militarisme et le nationalisme patricien. La seconde moitié de la thèse examine comment la théorie des « communautés imaginées » de Benedict Anderson devient une possibilité à travers le développement du goût national et une compréhension de l'interconnexion entre les individus. Le personnage du barde pointe à la centralité de l'esprit communautaire dans l'identité nationale. Parallèlement à la commercialisation croissante de produits culturels et nationaux durant cette période, on retrouve l’augmentation de l’attachement affectif envers les objets et la nécessité de découvrir l'authentique dans la pratique de la réflexion critique. La propriété est redéfinie à travers la question des «vrais» droits de propriété et devient partagée dans l'imaginaire commun. Des cartes disséquées enseignent aux enfants comment visualiser des espaces et des frontières et conceptualisent la place de l’individu dans la société. Les enfants apprennent que des actions disparates effectuées dans la sphère domestique ont des répercussions plus importantes dans le domaine public de la nation. / “Building Blocks: Children’s Literature and the Formation of a Nation, 1750-1825” examines how children’s literature imbues young readers with a sense of nationalism and national identity through the understanding of spaces and spatial relationships. The thesis studies various children’s works by Thomas Day, Sarah Fielding, Mary Wollstonecraft, Richard Lovell and Maria Edgeworth, Charles and Mary Lamb, Sarah Trimmer, Lucy Peacock, Priscilla Wakefield, John Aikin, and Anna Laetitia Barbauld. The various thematic subjects utilised reflect how boundaries between the exterior and interior dimensions, between the physical world and the psychological realm, are blurred. Drawing from the works of educational thinkers, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, writings for children highlight the importance of sensory experiences, which inform the internal developments of individuals. In return, the projection of imagination and the investment of feelings help shape the way people interact with the material world and with one another to form a nation. Using a Foucauldian approach, this thesis shows how discipline is instilled in children, turning them into regulated subjects. Through confessions and discourse, children subscribe to the notion of surveillance and transparency while an appreciation of public opinion further encourages the practice of self-control. Children become not only blank slates, susceptible to impressions, but readable bodies of writing. The values and norms of society are internalised, as children become part of the system that they adopt. The significance of visibility is also underscored in the popularity of the Linnaean system, which emphasises close observation and categorisation. Natural history in children’s literature reinforces the hierarchical structure of society, underscoring the need to respect class boundaries and perform individual roles for the wellbeing of the collective. The religious connotations in natural history may seem to justify class inequality; however, they also disseminate messages of charity, benevolence, and empathy, offering an alternative or “feminine” form of national identity that stands in contrast with militarism and patricianism. The second half of the thesis looks at how Benedict Anderson’s “imagined communities” becomes a possibility through the development of national taste and an understanding of the interconnection between individuals. The figure of the bard points to the centrality of communal spirit in national identity. Alongside the growing commercialisation of cultural and national products in the period were increasing emotional attachments to objects and the necessity in discovering the authentic in the practise of critical reflection. Property is redefined in the question of “true” ownership and becomes shared in the communal imagination. Dissected maps teach children how to visualise spaces and boundaries and conceptualise one’s place within society. Children learn that disparate actions performed in the domestic sphere have larger implications in the public realm of the nation.

Human activities that involve interactions amongst three players i.e. nature, humans and technology, continue to impact negatively on the Earth's biosphere. The impact is tremendous: consumption of resources at an unsustainable level leading to rapid loss of natural resources and biodiversity. The plea to reverse this negative trend is as valid now as it were many years ago. While some progress has been made to develop strategies to wisely manage and protect the Earth's resources, the state of the environment is still fragile. Strategies are far from satisfactory: hence the grounds for a new commitment in a manner best suited to a country's needs and resources. In recent years, research in indigenous knowledge systems has been pursued in an attempt to develop a deeper understanding of its complex linkages with the environment. Incorporating some of these linkages in the science curricula provides opportunities for learners to make informed choices to address individual and society's needs by extracting relevant elements from Western science and indigenous knowledge systems. This research focuses on the use of indigenous knowledge in science education offered to grade eight and nine learners in South African schools. As part of this education, science curricula, teaching methodologies and resources therefore should be developed in response to the changing needs of learners and their communities. A close look at the natural science learning area of Curriculum 2005 shows that the South African curriculum developers have under-used indigenous knowledge in the teaching and learning of science at school level. The conceptualization of an inclusive and just science education has been evaded. Perceptions elicited from a small group of academics, well versed in IK, indicate that the majority of South African science teachers will embrace the inclusion of indigenous knowledge in the natural science learning area but will require significant assistance from the Department of Education. The key to deal with this daunting task is for the relevant role players to establish partnerships with the knowers and holders of indigenous knowledge and to operate in a neutral, noble and altruistic manner and that in itself in the present context is highly problematic. / Educational Studies / Thesis (D. Ed.)

Orientador: Otavio Augusto Vuolo Marques / Coorientador: Cristiano de Campos Nogueira / Banca: Ana Lúcia da C. Prudente / Banca: Hussam El Dine Zaher / Banca: Renato Silveira Bérnils / Banca: Ricardo Jannini Sawaya / Resumo: Estudos sobre conhecimento taxonômico, riqueza, distribuição espacial e biogeografia da biota são urgentes na Caatinga. Esta região natural brasileira é a terceira mais alterada por ações antrópicas, a mais negligenciada quanto a conservação da sua biodiversidade e menos protegida em áreas de conservação de proteção integral. Além disso, a Caatinga é uma das porções naturais brasileiras menos conhecidas no que diz respeito a sua biodiversidade, o que dificulta a implementação de medidas para conservação. Esta escassez de dados também impede o conhecimento mais abrangente sobre diversidade e biogeografia tropical. Neste trabalho, é apresentado um estudo amplo sobre riqueza, história natural, distribuição geográfica e biogeografia das espécies d e serpentes da Caatinga. Este é o primeiro estudo de enfoque na ampla região da Caatinga, reunindo informações obtidas a partir da análise direta de 7.102 espécimes tombados em 17 coleções zoológicas, somados à 250 registro obtidos em literatura. Foram co nfirmadas a ocorrência de 112 espécies de serpentes para a região da Caatinga (pertencentes a nove famílias), das quais 22 (20%) são endêmicas. Mapas detalhados de distribuição são fornecidos para todas as espécies com pelo menos um registro na Caatinga. O s valores de riqueza duplicam os valores conhecidos para a área, a lista de endêmicos é a primeira. Os dados mostram que a fauna de serpentes da Caatinga é complexa, compartilhando espécies presentes em outros domínios de paisagens brasileiras , mas também é constituída de espécies únicas . A área mais rica são as áreas elevadas (com mais de 500 m de altitude), e as dunas do médio Rio São Francisco abrigam o maior número de endêmicos. De forma geral, a s espécies de serpentes da Caatinga usam predominantemente o solo como substrato , tem a dieta... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Studies on taxonomy , richness and geographic distribution are imperative on Caatinga, the third most degraded Brazilian natural region and the most neglected abo ut conservation, with a small portion of legally protected areas. Moreover, the Caatinga is one of least studied natural Brazilian region , and this lack of data hampers the implementation of conservation measures. The scarce data for the Caatinga also hampers a more comprehensive knowledge on biodiversity and biogeography of the Neotropics. Herein we provide an extensive study about richness, natural history, geographic distribution and biogeography of the Caatinga snake fauna. This is the first study focusing in the more comprehensive Caatinga region, based on information collected from the direct analysis of 7,102 specimens housed in 17 collections of natural history, plus 250 records obtained from literature. The Caatinga harbors 112 snake species (in nine families), of which 22 species (20%) are endemics. Detailed maps are provided for all species that occurs in Caatinga. The richness values double s known values for the area , and the snake endemic list is the first provided in the region. Our data show that the Caatinga snake fauna is complex, sharing species with other Brazilian natural regions, but also harboring a unique biota of regionalized endemics. The richest areas are highlands (altitude upper 500 m), and São Francisco Dunes hosts the most endemic species. Generally, the Caatinga snake species uses predominantly the ground as substrate, the diet is formed by vertebrate prey, and are di urnal. The Caatinga snake fauna is not homogeneous, with major distribution patterns corroborating central p redictions of the vicariance model. The snakes showed significantly clustered ranges, forming eight biotic elements inside Caatinga. Distribution... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Produto: Curso de formação continuada ciências naturais nos anos iniciais... / Um ensino de Ciências Naturais que contemple a construção de conhecimento e a formação de conceitos está diretamente relacionado a práxis pedagógica dos professores. Assim, a formação do professor precisa ser revista, repensada, ou a escola será esvaziada da sua função social que é a construção e ressignificação do conhecimento historicamente produzido. Como aporte teórico escolheu-se Vygotsky, Piaget e Vergnaud, sendo que os três teóricos discutem a formação de conceitos, estendendo-se a formação de conceitos às Ciências Naturais, voltada para os anos iniciais. Em decorrência desta preocupação, o estudo objetiva analisar as potencialidades de um curso de formação continuada para a construção de conhecimentos científicos e a formação de conceitos com professores que ministram aulas de Ciências nos anos iniciais. A pesquisa transcorreu em duas etapas. Inicialmente foi aplicado um questionário para 40 professores que ministram aulas de Ciências nos anos iniciais na rede municipal do município de Quatro Barras-PR, visando um levantamento sobre como os professores entendem algumas teorias sobre a formação de conceitos. A segunda etapa envolveu a elaboração de um Blog e o desenvolvimento de um curso de formação continuada, composto de módulos integrados para dez professores voluntários. Durante o desenvolvimento do curso de 40 horas constitui-se o corpus da pesquisa, composto de questionário inicial, gravação da prática social inicial e final durante os módulos integrados, elaboração de diário de bordo e realização de entrevista final. Após a coleta de todo o material foi realizada uma leitura flutuante com base na Análise de Conteúdo de Bardin e foram definidas duas categorias e seis indicadores para a presente pesquisa: a categoria A “formação para docência em Ciências Naturais” e a categoria B “ação docente que vise a construção de conhecimentos e a formação de conceitos em Ciências Naturais”. Com base nos indicadores dessas categorias e as contribuições dos professores, com vistas a construir conhecimentos e formar conceitos, o curso de formação continuada demonstrou ser positivo, havendo a tomada de consciência, por parte dos cursistas, acerca da necessidade de se preparar para a ação docente, bem como se mostrou produtiva no sentido de contribuir para a construção dos conhecimentos em Ciências Naturais. Experienciaram a utilização da Pedagogia Histórico Crítica como ação docente com foco a vincular os saberes escolares à realidade. Tomando por base a fundamentação teórica, desde que os professores sejam preparados para uma ação docente efetiva, conclui-se que é possível a construção de conhecimentos e a formação de conceitos em Ciências Naturais nos anos iniciais indo além da reprodução mnemônica, promovendo a alfabetização científica que habilita o aluno a atuar no seu entorno. / A teaching of Natural Sciences that meditates to the knowledge construction and formation of concepts is straightly connected the pedagogic praxis of the teachers for the initial years, soon the formation of the teacher needs to be revised, rethought, or the school will be emptied of his social function that is the construction and reconstruction of the historically produced knowledge. Like a support reference Vygotsky, Piaget and Vergnaud, were chosen that theoreticians discuss the formation of concepts, when the concepts formation is stretching out to the Natural Sciences, turned for the initial years. Because of this concern, the lifted problem was what would be the potentialities of a course of formation continued in the construction of Scientific Concepts with teachers who teaches classrooms of Sciences in the initial years. The inquiry elapsed in two stages. Initially a questionnaire was applied for 40 teachers who administer classrooms of sciences in the initial years in the municipal net in the Quatro Barras City, aiming at a survey on how teachers understand some theories about concept formation. The second stage wrapped the projection of the course and of the blog and the development of the course of formation continued for ten volunteer teachers. During the development of the course of 40 hours it was collected the Corpus of the inquiry, been composed of carving of the integrated modules, preparation of log book and realization of final interview. After the collection of the whole material was carried out a floating reading on basis of the analysis of content of Bardin and the indicators were defined for the present inquiry. After collecting all the material was performed a floating reading based on content analysis of Bardin and were defined two categories and six indicators for this research: the category A “formation for teaching in Natural Sciences” and the category B “teaching action aimed at the construction of concepts in the Natural Sciences”. On the basis of indicators of these categories, the contributions of the continuing training, with a view to build knowledge and to form concepts, proved to be positive and taken of awareness on the part of teachers the need to prepare for teaching activities, as well as proved productive in the sense of contributing to the construction of knowledge in the natural sciences. They experienced the use of Historical-critical Pedagogy as teaching activities with focus to bind the school knowledge to reality. Supported in the theoretical grounds, provided that the teachers are prepared for an action effective, it is concluded that it is possible the construction of knowledge and the formation of concepts in Natural Sciences in the initial years going beyond the mnemonic reproduction, promoting scientific literacy that enables the student to act in its surroundings.

Produto: Curso de formação continuada ciências naturais nos anos iniciais... / Um ensino de Ciências Naturais que contemple a construção de conhecimento e a formação de conceitos está diretamente relacionado a práxis pedagógica dos professores. Assim, a formação do professor precisa ser revista, repensada, ou a escola será esvaziada da sua função social que é a construção e ressignificação do conhecimento historicamente produzido. Como aporte teórico escolheu-se Vygotsky, Piaget e Vergnaud, sendo que os três teóricos discutem a formação de conceitos, estendendo-se a formação de conceitos às Ciências Naturais, voltada para os anos iniciais. Em decorrência desta preocupação, o estudo objetiva analisar as potencialidades de um curso de formação continuada para a construção de conhecimentos científicos e a formação de conceitos com professores que ministram aulas de Ciências nos anos iniciais. A pesquisa transcorreu em duas etapas. Inicialmente foi aplicado um questionário para 40 professores que ministram aulas de Ciências nos anos iniciais na rede municipal do município de Quatro Barras-PR, visando um levantamento sobre como os professores entendem algumas teorias sobre a formação de conceitos. A segunda etapa envolveu a elaboração de um Blog e o desenvolvimento de um curso de formação continuada, composto de módulos integrados para dez professores voluntários. Durante o desenvolvimento do curso de 40 horas constitui-se o corpus da pesquisa, composto de questionário inicial, gravação da prática social inicial e final durante os módulos integrados, elaboração de diário de bordo e realização de entrevista final. Após a coleta de todo o material foi realizada uma leitura flutuante com base na Análise de Conteúdo de Bardin e foram definidas duas categorias e seis indicadores para a presente pesquisa: a categoria A “formação para docência em Ciências Naturais” e a categoria B “ação docente que vise a construção de conhecimentos e a formação de conceitos em Ciências Naturais”. Com base nos indicadores dessas categorias e as contribuições dos professores, com vistas a construir conhecimentos e formar conceitos, o curso de formação continuada demonstrou ser positivo, havendo a tomada de consciência, por parte dos cursistas, acerca da necessidade de se preparar para a ação docente, bem como se mostrou produtiva no sentido de contribuir para a construção dos conhecimentos em Ciências Naturais. Experienciaram a utilização da Pedagogia Histórico Crítica como ação docente com foco a vincular os saberes escolares à realidade. Tomando por base a fundamentação teórica, desde que os professores sejam preparados para uma ação docente efetiva, conclui-se que é possível a construção de conhecimentos e a formação de conceitos em Ciências Naturais nos anos iniciais indo além da reprodução mnemônica, promovendo a alfabetização científica que habilita o aluno a atuar no seu entorno. / A teaching of Natural Sciences that meditates to the knowledge construction and formation of concepts is straightly connected the pedagogic praxis of the teachers for the initial years, soon the formation of the teacher needs to be revised, rethought, or the school will be emptied of his social function that is the construction and reconstruction of the historically produced knowledge. Like a support reference Vygotsky, Piaget and Vergnaud, were chosen that theoreticians discuss the formation of concepts, when the concepts formation is stretching out to the Natural Sciences, turned for the initial years. Because of this concern, the lifted problem was what would be the potentialities of a course of formation continued in the construction of Scientific Concepts with teachers who teaches classrooms of Sciences in the initial years. The inquiry elapsed in two stages. Initially a questionnaire was applied for 40 teachers who administer classrooms of sciences in the initial years in the municipal net in the Quatro Barras City, aiming at a survey on how teachers understand some theories about concept formation. The second stage wrapped the projection of the course and of the blog and the development of the course of formation continued for ten volunteer teachers. During the development of the course of 40 hours it was collected the Corpus of the inquiry, been composed of carving of the integrated modules, preparation of log book and realization of final interview. After the collection of the whole material was carried out a floating reading on basis of the analysis of content of Bardin and the indicators were defined for the present inquiry. After collecting all the material was performed a floating reading based on content analysis of Bardin and were defined two categories and six indicators for this research: the category A “formation for teaching in Natural Sciences” and the category B “teaching action aimed at the construction of concepts in the Natural Sciences”. On the basis of indicators of these categories, the contributions of the continuing training, with a view to build knowledge and to form concepts, proved to be positive and taken of awareness on the part of teachers the need to prepare for teaching activities, as well as proved productive in the sense of contributing to the construction of knowledge in the natural sciences. They experienced the use of Historical-critical Pedagogy as teaching activities with focus to bind the school knowledge to reality. Supported in the theoretical grounds, provided that the teachers are prepared for an action effective, it is concluded that it is possible the construction of knowledge and the formation of concepts in Natural Sciences in the initial years going beyond the mnemonic reproduction, promoting scientific literacy that enables the student to act in its surroundings.