Orientador: Osmar Cavassan / Banca: Elenice Moura Varanda / Banca: Jandira Liria Biscalquini Talamoni / Banca: Renata Carmo de Oliveira / Banca: Fernando Bastos / Resumo: São freqüentes os textos que consideram que a botãnica apresenta grande dificuldade no seu processo de ensino e aprendizagem, gerando pouco interesse e baixo rendimento. Mas, por quê? Quais situações contribuem para reforçar esta afirmação? A partir de uma revisão teórica e histórica sobre o desenvolvimento do estudo dos vegetais, é possível dizer que uma delas seria a falta de atualização do professor em relação ao conhecimento botânico, cada vez mais específico. Outra situação, conseqüentemente, seria a forma como a botânica vem sendo ensinada: muito teórica, desestimulante, fundamentada na reprodução, repetição e fragmentação e distante da realidade dos alunos e dos problemas ambientais atuais. Percebe-se, enfim, a questão metodológica como central no processo de ensino e aprendizagem de botânica, dificultando, o entendimento e criando aversões quando não adequada. Segundo estudos recentes, é importante que os alunos tenham contato com os vegetais na natureza, aproximando-se do ambiente natural. / Abstract: Many papers hold the view that botany poses great challenge in its teaching and learning process, arising little interest and resulting in poor productivity. What factors account for this? Based on a historical and theoretical review on the development of the study of plants, it is possible to say that one of these factors is the lack of teachers with an updated Knowledge in this increasingly specific field. Another factor is the method applied in the teaching/learning process: too theoretical, unexciting, based on reproduction, repetition and fragmentation, distant from tody's reality and environmental problems. This inadequate method makes difficult for students to understand Botany, in some cases leading to aversion. Therefore, the methodological matter becomes the center of debate concerning the theaching/learning process of the study of plants. According to recent research, it is essential that students come into contact with plants within their natural environment. / Doutor

Este estudo teve como objetivo identificar as tendências de pesquisa em argumentação no ensino de Ciências (AEC) no período de 1988 a 2008 (21 anos). A argumentação é uma prática discursiva central na Ciência e, por isso, defendemos ser também central no ensino de Ciências (EC). Apesar da AEC vir ganhando importância na pesquisa em EC, são raros estudos que avaliam o histórico e as tendências dessa produção científica. Nosso estudo trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva documental, em que se analisaram 51 artigos científicos, publicados em revistas especializadas. Estes artigos foram classificados segundo (a) o tipo (empírico, de revisão ou de posição), (b) sujeito foco de análise (aluno ou professor), (c) seus perfis e supraperfis (categorias criadas a partir de dados coletados do foco, da pergunta e do objetivo de pesquisa) e (d) o tipo de uso da obra de Toulmin (1958) como referencial teórico. Os resultados mostraram que, na pesquisa em AEC: (a) apesar do predomínio de estudos empíricos, os de revisão tiveram papel de destaque no desenvolvimento da área; (b) a maioria dos estudos enfatiza o estudante como sujeito foco de análise e recentemente tem aumentado o número de artigos com foco no professor; (c) a maior parte das publicações referem-se a estudos com foco na estrutura do argumento e/ou na construção da argumentação, no entanto estudos com foco no ensinoaprendizagem vêm aumentando gradual e crescentemente nos últimos anos; e (d) o padrão de argumento de Toulmin (1958) foi, e ainda dá mostras que será, amplamente utilizado na pesquisa para a análise de argumentos, ressalvando, entretanto, que suas limitações como ferramenta metodológica têm motivado pesquisadores da área a criar novos instrumentos de análise, mais condizentes com os atuais focos de pesquisa. / This study aimed to identify research trends in argumentation in Science teaching (AST) in the period of 1988 to 2008 (21 years). Argumentation is a discursive practice central to Science and therefore we defend it to be central to Science teaching (ST) as well. Even though research in ST is gaining importance, only a few studies have assessed the history and trends of scientific production in the area. Our study is a documental descriptive research, in which 51 scientific papers, published in specialized journals, were analyzed. These papers were classified according to (a) type (empirical research article, review or position paper), (b) subject focused in analysis (student or teacher), (c) its profiles and supraprofiles (categories created from data gathered from research focus, question and objective) and, (d) type of use of Toulmin\'s (1958) work in the theoretical framework. Results showed that, in AST research: (a) despite predominance of empirical studies, review studies had a major role in the development of the area; (b) most studies emphasize the student as the subject focused on analysis and have recently increased the number of articles focusing on teachers, (c) most of the reports refer to studies focusing on argument structure of and/or construction of the argumentation; however, studies focusing on teaching and learning have been increasing gradually in recent years, and; (d) Toulmin\'s Argument Pattern (1958) was and shows signs that will continue to be widely used in argument analysis, stressing, however, that its limitations as a methodological tool have motivated researchers of the area to create new analytical tools, more consistent with the current research focus.

Esta tese versa sobre as potencialidades da divulgação científica como literatura para o ensino de ciências. Fundamenta-se em autores que contribuem para problematizar a divulgação científica, como Ana Maria Sanchéz Mora, José Reis, João Zanetic, Mônica Teixeira e Ângelo Machado. Fundamenta-se, também, nos pressupostos de uma educação humanizadora e ancora-se, quanto a esse aspecto, nas contribuições de Paulo Freire. Para reflexão sobre o resgate do sentido do trabalho escolar, foram fundamentais as contribuições de Bernard Charlot. A partir das reflexões geradas pelo diálogo com a bibliografia consultada, a discussão prioriza obras que têm como centralidade uma concepção de ciência pautada pela presença de contradições e conflitos, uma ciência inserida no plano da cultura e compreendida como processo vivenciado por cientistas - sujeitos também inseridos em contextos - uma ciência, portanto, marcada por dilemas humanos. Diferenciando a divulgação científica canônica da divulgação científica não canônica, este trabalho realiza uma análise de narrativas presentes em obras não canônicas de literatura, a saber, 2001- odisséia no espaço, de Arthur Clarke, O dilema do bicho-pau, de Ângelo Machado, Contato, de Carl Sagan e Os meninos da Planície, de Cástor Cartelle. Na análise das obras foram priorizadas as contribuições específicas para a compreensão da ciência como produção cultural e das potencialidades humanizadoras que tem o ensino de ciências voltado para compreensão de aspectos da subjetividade humana e dos conflitos da existência. Nas obras analisadas, foi possível perceber uma ênfase narrativa tipicamente mitológica, marcada por situações conflitantes, em, por exemplo, se realiza a polarização entre medo e encanto, desejo e possibilidade, sonho e experiência. Foi possível localizar também uma opção narrativa pela imaginação criadora, pela capacidade humana e por sua potencialidade criativa, elementos que são, nesse caso, motes fundamentais para reflexão sobre a vida humana e também sobre a ciência; uma ciência produzida a partir de injunções sociais e contextuais, levada a cabo por pessoas reais, também, portadoras de uma dimensão humana e subjetiva. Nas obras selecionadas, foi possível perceber uma provável contribuição para renovação do ensino de ciências, pois sua centralidade recai sobre a reflexão acerca da humanização dos sujeitos e não sobre a transmissão de conteúdos da ciência, embora essa dimensão, a da formação científica, esteja inequivocamente presente em todas elas, sem prejuízos. / This study is about scientific spreading potentiality as literature for science teaching. It is based on authors who have contributed to discuss the scientific spreading, such as Ana Maria Sanchéz Mora, José Reis, João Zanetic, Mônica Teixeira, and Ângelo Machado. It is also based on the presupposition of a humanizing education, and is anchored, in relation to this aspect, in Paulo Freire\'s contributions. From the reflections which have arisen through the dialogue with the consulted bibliography, it prioritizes the ones which have as centrality a conception of science related to the presence of contradictions and conflicts, a science inserted in the culture plan and understood as a process lived by scientists - also subjects inserted in contexts - a science, therefore, marked by human dilemma. Differing the canonical scientific spreading from the non-canonical scientific spreading, this study makes analysis of the narratives present in non-canonical works of literature, to know, 2001: A space odyssey, by Arthur Clarke, Os meninos da planície, by Cástor Cartelle, O dilema do bicho-pau, by Ângelo Machado, and Contact, by Carl Sagan. In the analysis of the works, specific contributions were prioritized in order to understand science as cultural production and the humanizing potentialities which have science teaching turned to the comprehension of human subjectivity aspects and of existence conflicts. It was possible to notice a typically mythological narrative emphasis in the analyzed works, marked by conflicting situations, as, for example, where the polarization between fear and enchant, desire and possibility, and dream and experience are carried out. It was also possible to localize one narrative option through the creative imagination, the human capacity and its creative potentiality, elements which are, in this case, fundamental motivations for the reflection about human life and also about science, a science produced from the social and contextual injunctions on, carried out by real people; these ones also having a human and subjective dimension. It was possible to suppose a likely contribution to the renewal of science teaching in the selected works, because its centrality remains over the reflection about the humanizing of the subjects and not over the transmission of science contents, although such dimension, the one of scientific formation, is undoubtedly present in all of them, without any harm.

Propõe-se com essa pesquisa avaliar a metodologia da investigação científica Ensinar Ciências fazendo Ciência no contexto da prática, numa perspectiva de construção de paradigmas de ensino na educação básica. Trata-se de um estudo de caso realizado nos cursos de Férias, patrocinado pelo Espaço Ciências, com professores e gestores do sistema municipal de ensino, e, estudantes do curso de Licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas do Centro de Ensino Superior do Vale do São Francisco. Participaram também desta pesquisa 25 tutores que aplicaram essa metodologia em suas aulas no ensino Fundamental e Médio. Os resultados demonstram aprovação da metodologia, sendo avaliada pelos participantes do curso de Férias como excelente por 76% dos gestores, 57% dos professores e 100% dos estudantes do curso de Ciências Biológicas. Corroborado por 100% dos tutores que aplicaram essa metodologia no ensino fundamental e Médio, como boa (nota 9) e excelente(10). Em relação à metodologia investigada foram avaliadas as seguintes categorias: participação dos estudantes, aprendizagem, quantidade e qualidade de conteúdos, competências e habilidades mobilizadas pelos estudantes da educação básica, bem como a percepção dos ministrantes quanto às vantagens e desvantagens na aplicação da metodologia para os respectivos níveis de escolaridade. / It is proposed in this research was to evaluate the methodology of scientific research Teaching Science doing science in the context of practice, from the perspective of construction of educational paradigms in basic education. This is a case study in Holiday courses , sponsored by the Science Space, with teachers and managers of the municipal school system , and Bachelor's Degree students in Biological Sciences Higher Education Center of San Francisco Valley. Also participated in this study 25 tutors who applied this methodology in their classes in primary and secondary education. The results show approval of the methodology being evaluated by Holiday course participants as excellent by 76% of managers, 57% of teachers and 100% of the undergraduate students of Biological Sciences. Supported by 100% of tutors who applied this methodology in elementary school and high school, as good (note 9) and excellent (note10). Regarding the methodology investigated the following categories were evaluated: student participation, learning, quantity and quality of content, skills and mobilized skills by students of basic education, as well as the perception of worshipers as the advantages and disadvantages in the application of the methodology for their levels of education.

Esta tese versa sobre as potencialidades da divulgação científica como literatura para o ensino de ciências. Fundamenta-se em autores que contribuem para problematizar a divulgação científica, como Ana Maria Sanchéz Mora, José Reis, João Zanetic, Mônica Teixeira e Ângelo Machado. Fundamenta-se, também, nos pressupostos de uma educação humanizadora e ancora-se, quanto a esse aspecto, nas contribuições de Paulo Freire. Para reflexão sobre o resgate do sentido do trabalho escolar, foram fundamentais as contribuições de Bernard Charlot. A partir das reflexões geradas pelo diálogo com a bibliografia consultada, a discussão prioriza obras que têm como centralidade uma concepção de ciência pautada pela presença de contradições e conflitos, uma ciência inserida no plano da cultura e compreendida como processo vivenciado por cientistas - sujeitos também inseridos em contextos - uma ciência, portanto, marcada por dilemas humanos. Diferenciando a divulgação científica canônica da divulgação científica não canônica, este trabalho realiza uma análise de narrativas presentes em obras não canônicas de literatura, a saber, 2001- odisséia no espaço, de Arthur Clarke, O dilema do bicho-pau, de Ângelo Machado, Contato, de Carl Sagan e Os meninos da Planície, de Cástor Cartelle. Na análise das obras foram priorizadas as contribuições específicas para a compreensão da ciência como produção cultural e das potencialidades humanizadoras que tem o ensino de ciências voltado para compreensão de aspectos da subjetividade humana e dos conflitos da existência. Nas obras analisadas, foi possível perceber uma ênfase narrativa tipicamente mitológica, marcada por situações conflitantes, em, por exemplo, se realiza a polarização entre medo e encanto, desejo e possibilidade, sonho e experiência. Foi possível localizar também uma opção narrativa pela imaginação criadora, pela capacidade humana e por sua potencialidade criativa, elementos que são, nesse caso, motes fundamentais para reflexão sobre a vida humana e também sobre a ciência; uma ciência produzida a partir de injunções sociais e contextuais, levada a cabo por pessoas reais, também, portadoras de uma dimensão humana e subjetiva. Nas obras selecionadas, foi possível perceber uma provável contribuição para renovação do ensino de ciências, pois sua centralidade recai sobre a reflexão acerca da humanização dos sujeitos e não sobre a transmissão de conteúdos da ciência, embora essa dimensão, a da formação científica, esteja inequivocamente presente em todas elas, sem prejuízos. / This study is about scientific spreading potentiality as literature for science teaching. It is based on authors who have contributed to discuss the scientific spreading, such as Ana Maria Sanchéz Mora, José Reis, João Zanetic, Mônica Teixeira, and Ângelo Machado. It is also based on the presupposition of a humanizing education, and is anchored, in relation to this aspect, in Paulo Freire\'s contributions. From the reflections which have arisen through the dialogue with the consulted bibliography, it prioritizes the ones which have as centrality a conception of science related to the presence of contradictions and conflicts, a science inserted in the culture plan and understood as a process lived by scientists - also subjects inserted in contexts - a science, therefore, marked by human dilemma. Differing the canonical scientific spreading from the non-canonical scientific spreading, this study makes analysis of the narratives present in non-canonical works of literature, to know, 2001: A space odyssey, by Arthur Clarke, Os meninos da planície, by Cástor Cartelle, O dilema do bicho-pau, by Ângelo Machado, and Contact, by Carl Sagan. In the analysis of the works, specific contributions were prioritized in order to understand science as cultural production and the humanizing potentialities which have science teaching turned to the comprehension of human subjectivity aspects and of existence conflicts. It was possible to notice a typically mythological narrative emphasis in the analyzed works, marked by conflicting situations, as, for example, where the polarization between fear and enchant, desire and possibility, and dream and experience are carried out. It was also possible to localize one narrative option through the creative imagination, the human capacity and its creative potentiality, elements which are, in this case, fundamental motivations for the reflection about human life and also about science, a science produced from the social and contextual injunctions on, carried out by real people; these ones also having a human and subjective dimension. It was possible to suppose a likely contribution to the renewal of science teaching in the selected works, because its centrality remains over the reflection about the humanizing of the subjects and not over the transmission of science contents, although such dimension, the one of scientific formation, is undoubtedly present in all of them, without any harm.

¡@¡@The purpose of this study was to devise the innovative science teaching material and to investigate the instruction effect of innovative science teaching material. Thus, there were two major parts in this study, including the development process of teaching material and the instruction experiment. Firstly, seven award-winning science teachers with average 24 years seniority were gathered and organized as ¡§an innovative science teaching material development team.¡¨ Through regular team discussion and sharing, the team devised three teaching units¡X ¡§the weather variety,¡¨ ¡§simple machine,¡¨ and ¡¨burning¡¨ based on Creative Thinking Instruction Model¡]CTIM¡^. Besides, we used case study as the method and through in-depth interviews, we realized the factors that contribute to an award-winning science teacher' creative teaching material based on Amabile's¡]1997¡^componential model of creativity. ¡@¡@Secondly, the purpose of the instruction experiment was to investigate how the teaching material executed. The experienment group teacher received a 3-day instruction demonstration and reflection from the workshop by the team, while the contrasted group teacher didn¡¦t. We selected 110 sixth graders in one Kaoshiung primary school and proceeded 8-week different instructions. We took a quasi-experiment design and used ¡¨Technology Creativity Test¡¨, ¡§Creative Problem Solving Test¡¨, and self-developed science achievement tests as assessment tools. The applied analysis methods were descriptive statistics, One-Way ANCOVA, One-Way MACOVA, and Rasch-analysis. ¡@¡@The main findings were as follows: (a) the creative product of the award-winning science teacher conformed to Amabile's theory; (b) it seemed that the creative instruction workshop facilitated teachers to learn from award-winning science teacher; (c) the innovative science teaching material had significant effects on enhancing sixth graders¡¦ technological creativity; (d) students in different groups did not perform differently on problem solving abilities; (e) the innovative science teaching material had partial significant effects on enhancing sixth graders¡¦ science academic performance. Finally, some suggestions were proposed for educational instruction and future studies.

The purpose of this study is to investigate some of the conditions for teaching based on questions asked by the students. Special attention is given to the possibilities inherent in students' questions and to the limitations in the classroom. Two classes in each of the grades 3, 6 and 9 in six different schools were visited and the teaching was tape-recorded and observed. Complete descriptions of the lessons could be written down on the basis of these recordings and the observer's notes. 1024 questions that students asked were extracted and analysed on the basis of these descriptions. It appeared that boys asked almost twice as many questions as girls in almost all categories of questions with the exception of questions that the teacher invited the students to ask, orally or in writing, at the beginning of a new content area. Girls also asked comparatively more questions that opened the perspective by putting things into a wider context. In the visited classes 55 students were randomly selected for interviews. In the interviews the students were told to ask questions about six different objects. Altogether the students produced 1345 questions, girls slightly more than boys. The questions had to be systematized in order to be described in a suitable way. From the systematizing activity both content-oriented themes and cognitive categories emerged. The content-oriented themes were different for different objects, but certain similarities were observed. The themes could be organized along two lines, one stretching from the history or origin through actual appearance to future use and the other from details through appearance to relations to the surroundings. The cognitive categories that were found remained the same for all objects. It is worth emphasizing that the identification and description of the themes and categories of the content of the pupils' questions, within as well as outside the classroom, are to be seen as a main result of this study. Both concerning content-oriented themes and cognitive categories it was found that boys, working class students and students in grade 3 favoured the different categories in much the same way. The same applies to girls, upper middle class students and students in grade 6. In interviews teachers claimed that students were allowed to influence the teaching content by asking questions. Questions were said to be welcomed, noticed and answered. At the same time some of the teachers expressed strong ideas about what the students should know and what was expected of them. The analysis of the teachers' handling of the students' questions clearly demonstrated how teachers used certain strategies in order to adjust the questions to suit their purpose of stressing or repeating things that they considered to be important. All in the interest of being efficient and not wasting time. / digitalisering@umu

Teaching is a dynamic process involving teachers and learners in meaningful and collaborative efforts. Therefore, interacting with learners in the classroom is of vital importance to the teacher in order to enhance the teaching and learning process. The purpose of this research is to determine the factors influencing the participation of secondary school science learners in classroom communication (CC). The study was conducted in all the secondary schools in the Potchefstroom area, A questionnaire was compiled to investigate learners' level of participation in science CC, An interview guide for teachers was also compiled. A total of 235 Grade B learners were randomly selected from twelve (12) schools. The analysis showed that the teachers used primarily teaching-learning procedures that did not conform to the requirements of OBE. The reason is not necessarily that they are not well-informed on OBE principles, but the practicality of their leaching situations necessitated it In the process, learners do not acquire enough knowledge and skills needed for science classroom learning activities. This fails the main aim of enabling learners to participate in classroom communication, The limited use of communicative strategies in science teaching-learning can be attributed to a number of possible reasons, amongst which are: communication apprehension, poor language development, culture/heredity, and the types of classroom reinforcements and teaching styles. This study also focused on the factors that can positively influence classroom communication. An interview was conducted with teachers with the help of an interview guide. The results indicated that teachers, although generally warm and accepting, seem to be inflexible and lack dynamism when presenting the lesson, which in tum affects learners' participation in the classroom / Thesis (M.Ed.)--Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2002

The university-level environmental studies subject Living in the Environment moved online progressively over two years. A Web-based version of the pre-existing subject was designed, implemented and evaluated over five semesters during 1997 and 1998. By the end of 1998, an online version of the subject was functioning effectively in a manner that enabled a teacher and students to work as a class group transacting teaching and learning activities entirely via the Web. The question of what the subject would be like as a result of going online, in the experience of the subject educators who worked with it, was the starting point for the research reported in this thesis. (For complete abstract open document)

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Baseia-se nas contribuições da psicologia Histórico-Cultural, da pedagogia Histórico-Crítica e da teoria da Vida Cotidiana de Agnes Heller, partindo dos pressupostos que a educação escolar tem função mediadora entre os âmbitos cotidiano e não cotidiano da prática social para a formação dos indivíduos; que a formação dos mesmos não pode restringir-se ao âmbito da cotidianidade, tendo que superá-lo em direção as generalidades para si e que o livro didático é um instrumento de suporte importante no processo educativo tanto para os alunos quanto para os professores. Este estudo buscou analisar a expressão do cotidiano nos livros didáticos de Ciência e a relação proposta por eles com âmbito científico. O estudo se caracteriza como uma pesquisa documental de abordagem qualitativa, envolvendo a coleta dos documentos e a análise de conteúdo. Os documentos referem-se aos livros didáticos de Ciências do 6º, 7º, 8º e 9º anos de quatro coleções do PNLD de 2017, coletados em escolas do município de Botucatu-SP. Foram estabelecidas duas unidades de análises: quanto à abordagem do cotidiano nos capítulos dos livros como um todo, nos textos principais, imagens e atividades, na qual contabilizamos quantos capítulos abordaram o cotidiano; e quanto a relação estabelecida pelo livro entre o âmbito cotidiano e o científico, considerando como categorias as relações propostas por Heller de Intentio recta 1 e 2 e Intentio obliqua 1 e 2. A partir dos dados coletados, identificamos que a abordagem do cotidiano nos livros de Ciências é expressiva, principalmente nos livros referentes ao 6º e 9º anos, e que a Intentio obliqua 1 e a Intentio recta 1 foram as relações que apareceram na maioria dos capítulos que abordaram o cotidiano, com similaridade na relação prevalecente nos livros da mesma coleção. Os resultados permitiram reflexões sobre a relação entre conhecimentos cotidianos e científicos no ensino de Ciências, possibilitando fortalecer a defesa da função da educação escolar como socializadora dos conhecimentos científicos e da importância de análises críticas sobre o cotidiano e sua função para o ensino de Ciências. / This thesis has as its central theme the approach and expression of everyday life and its relation with the scientific scope (a non-everyday scope) on science teaching, more specifically, in science textbooks for elementary school listed on the catalog of PNLD 2017 (national program of the textbook). Our theoretical foundation is on the principles of historical-critical pedagogy, historical-cultural psychology and the everyday life theory from Agness Heller, based on the assumptions that the school education has the role of mediation between the everyday and noneveryday scopes from the social life for the individuals’ formation, which cannot be restricted to the everyday scope, it has to overcome it in direction to the generic objectivation for itself; and that the science textbooks are an important support instrument in the educational process for both students and teachers. Therefore, the aim of this research was to analyze the expression of everyday life in science textbooks and the relation between it and the scientific scope proposed by them. This study is characterized as a documentary research with a qualitative approach, involving the collection of the documents in question and the content analysis. The documents are the science textbooks of the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th years from elementary school of four collections listed on the PNLD catalog of 2017, and they were collected from schools at Botucatu-SP. Two units of analysis were established: one regarding the everyday life approach in the textbooks, including the whole chapters, its main texts, its separated boxes and sections, its images and its exercises, in which we counted how many chapters approached the everyday life; and another regarding the relationship established by the textbooks between the everyday and scientific scopes, considering the relations proposed by Heller as the categories, the “intention recta” 1 and 2, and the “intention obliqua” 1 and 2. From the collected data, we identified that the everyday life approach in science books is expressive, especially in the books referring to the 6th and 9th years. We also identified that Intentio obliqua1 and Intentio recta 1 were the relationships that appeared in the most of the chapters that approached everyday life, and we highlight a certain similarity in the relation prevailing in the books of the same collection. The results allowed us to reflect on the relationship between everyday and scientific knowledge in science teaching, making it possible to strengthen the defense of the function of school education as a socialization of scientific knowledge and the importance of critical analyzes on everyday life and its function for teaching science.