Infecções virais na educação de jovens e adultos: saberes emergentes das representações sociais

Abstract

The present research had as objective to analyze the approximations between the Social Representations and the scientific knowledge about viral infections of subjects of the National Program of Integration of Professional Education with Basic Education in the Modality of Education of Young and Adults (PROEJA). This research was based on the authors: Moscovici (2015); Jodelet (1993); Krasilchik (2008); Junqueira and Carneiro (2012) Yong (2007); Chassot (2003); Freire (2007, 2016). In the methodology, the research approach was qualitative nature, of the case study type. Whose subjects were: the biology teacher and the students of two PROEJA classes. With regard to the instruments and strategies of empirical data collection, the following groups were carried out: the Focal Group, observation of the teaching practice, semi-structured interview with the teacher, and application of a semi-structured questionnaire. The data collected were treated based on Discursive Textual Analysis (DTA). The results demonstrate that the students presented the Social Representations about: the concept of viruses, the symptoms, the treatment, the prevention about viral infections and microcephaly. These representations approximated the scientific knowledge, enabling the teacher to mediate between knowledge from the Social Representations and (re) reading of "new" scientific knowledge. And, as far as the Social Representations of the investigated teacher are concerned, the articulation between the teaching of Sciences and the Social Representations can enhance the teaching-learning process, built through interdisciplinary teaching strategies, as well as motivate the students to a school permanence. The results also show the need for curricular contextualisation and differentiation in order to construct meaningful and empowered learning. This research culminated in the elaboration of the educational product, a Comic History (HQ), denominated as: Sciences Magazine, in which it approached the theme viral infections.