Alfabetização científica: uma reflexão sobre o ensino de ciências

Abstract

Scientific literacy is the understanding of science and the ways of reading nature that serve as a basis for personal decision-making and the formation of critical citizens. It consists of considering that school is an ideal place for the deconstruction of paradigms, assuming that the school curriculum must go beyond the dogmatism of scientism. This research aims to reflect the need for scientific literacy based on the theme of Solar Radiation. The approached methodology is qualitative, of phenomenological character, for the data collection a mini-course was carried out with semi-structured survey questionnaires. The work was developed at IFPE-campus Ipojuca with eleven subjects from different educational levels (subsequent technical course in chemistry and industrial automation, undergraduate chemistry and production engineering students). The results obtained in this monograph allowed reflections and considerations about the need and possibility of change in Science Education, particularly in Chemistry. Studies have shown that there has been an evolution in the scientific concepts of students regarding solar radiation, and that scientific literacy enables the development of citizen education, with scope in science and technology, making it possible to insert it in the school context