This essay provides perspectives from four teachers with over eighty years combinedexperience on their choices of content of communications in English 7. The reason forconducting this study is that in English 7, which is the last English course in Swedish uppersecondaryschool, the teacher may face a diverse group of students with different programgoals, which may lead to different content needs. The aim of the study is to explore thisquestion, considering factors that affect choices in the course and what social domain it will besituated in.Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews with four experienced teachers andanalyzed using qualitative content analysis. The study reveals that one strategy for solving theabove-mentioned problem is student influence, which, in short, means that the teacher lets thestudents pick content that matches the requirements in the content of communications. Otherfindings reveal that relationships with other teachers can affect the communication content incross-subject work, the teachers second subject and personal interests affect have differentamounts of influence, what method the teacher choose in course units and what part of thecurriculum the teachers consider a priority. This essay is useful for several purposes,policymakers will be able to see how teacher reason and practice particular parts of policydocuments, teachers will be able to ask themselves the same questions and reflect on whataffects their own teaching, and teaching students will be able to see how they can include theirpassion or knowledge into subject matter.

Submitted by Aline Batista (alinehb.ufpel@gmail.com) on 2016-03-09T19:52:38Z No. of bitstreams: 3 O ensino de ciências no 9º ano do ensino fundamental1.pdf: 1921877 bytes, checksum: 1e21fb77802e96813e0fde9fc6ad0212 (MD5) O ensino de ciências no 9º ano do ensino fundamental2.pdf: 1083279 bytes, checksum: a250fd5142e7df38c40d7e59f37f2635 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-09T19:52:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 O ensino de ciências no 9º ano do ensino fundamental1.pdf: 1921877 bytes, checksum: 1e21fb77802e96813e0fde9fc6ad0212 (MD5) O ensino de ciências no 9º ano do ensino fundamental2.pdf: 1083279 bytes, checksum: a250fd5142e7df38c40d7e59f37f2635 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-23 / Sem bolsa / A dissertação de mestrado se refere a um estudo de currículo de Ciências, cuja questão de pesquisa é problematizar a fragmentação curricular da disciplina de Ciências no 9º ano do Ensino Fundamental em escolas públicas municipais da cidade de Turuçu, e, a partir da análise do currículo, desenvolver ações para desfragmentar o ensino de Ciências na Escola Caldas Júnior, articulando os conceitos de Química, Física e Biologia, em oposição à “hiperdisciplinarização” característica da disciplina de Ciências no último ano do Ensino Fundamental. Entre as atividades planejadas para as unidades didáticas Energia, Alimentação e Atividades Agrícolas na Comunidade, estão aulas dialogadas, atividades práticas, leituras, produções textuais, debates e seminários, e pesquisas com o uso de diversas fontes, envolvendo conhecimentos de diferentes áreas das Ciências. A pesquisa, de cunho qualitativo, teve como ações a investigação em planos de curso da disciplina, em entrevistas com a supervisora das escolas, com uma professora de Ciências e com os estudantes participantes, em materiais produzidos pelos alunos e em registros em diário de bordo. Para análise dos dados, optou-se por uma aproximação ao método hermenêutico-dialético que promove uma interpretação aproximada da realidade. A realização do estudo mostrou que a utilização de unidades didáticas, com ênfase na contextualização e na interdisciplinaridade, integrando conteúdos de diferentes áreas de Ciências, pode ser uma forma de minimizar a fragmentação do currículo. Considerando que o contexto e o planejamento de uma (re) organização curricular para o ensino são definidos e validados pela postura do professor, esse ao buscar desenvolver aprendizagens conceituais, procedimentais e atitudinais em seus alunos, exercita sua autonomia e faz escolhas, daí a importância da formação continuada de professores, a qual possibilita a reflexão sobre o “ser professor/a” e mostra a relevância da pesquisa na prática docente. / This thesis refers to a study of Science curriculum, whose question of research is to discuss the curriculum fragmentation of Science discipline to the 9th grade of elementary school, in public schools of the city of Turuçu. The objective of the research, from the analysis of the curriculum, is to think on actions to defragment the teaching of science in Caldas Junior school, articulating the concepts of Chemistry, Physics and Biology, as opposed to "hiperdisciplinarização", feature of Science discipline in the last year of elementary school. Among the activities planned to the didactic units Energy, Food and Agricultural Activities in the Community are: development of dialogues in class, practical activities, readings, textual productions, debates and seminars, and research using various sources, involving knowledge from different fields of science. The research is a qualitative one andinvestigates the plans of the discipline course through interviews with the supervisor of the schools, with a science teacher and with the students, in the materials produced by the students and in the records of the logbook. For data analysis, we opted for an approach to the hermeneutic-dialectic method that promotes an approximate interpretation of reality. The accomplishment of the study showed that the use of didactic units, with an emphasis on context and interdisciplinary, integrating content from different areas of science, can be a way to minimize the fragmentation of the curriculum. Considering that the context and the planning of a curriculum (re) organization for teaching are defined and validated by the teacher's stance, uponseeking to develop conceptual, procedural and attitudinal learning, they reach their autonomy and are able to make choices, hence the importance of continuing education for teachers, as this allows reflection on "being a teacher” and shows the relevance of research in teaching practice.