Formação continuada de professores: o ensino de ciências e os mapas conceituais

Abstract

This study is the result of research raised by the researcher's concern, based on his experience in Science Teaching, as a teacher and director in the Early Years of Elementary School. Personal experience perceives it taught in a traditional and meaningless way due to the lack of knowledge on the part of teachers. Therefore, the objective was to propose the appropriation of the Concept Maps tool in a continuing education that would provide a reflection on the concepts in the area of Natural Sciences. Investigate how Concept Maps can contribute to the improvement of Science Teaching and Learning in Early Years. With this purpose, we base our research on the studies of Vigotski, on the Conceptual Maps of Joseph Novak and on Science Teaching from the perspective of Historical-Critical Pedagogy. The work is classified as a qualitative research, having as collaborators 15 teachers from the 1st to the 5th year of a Public School of the Municipal Education Network of Teotônio Vilela–AL. Through a concept map workshop action, a pedagogical alternative was provided that contributes to the action based on the action of teachers for the appropriation of knowledge in the area of Natural Sciences. Thus, the question that guided the search was: Can Concept Maps contribute as a didactic-pedagogic al tool in teacher education? For the collection and generation of data we use logbook records, application and analysis of questionnaires and offer a workshop. We understand that the concept maps significantly influenced the learning of Science content presented by the teachers, in each of the six moments intentionally organized for data collection and generation in the training offered. Concept Maps, as a tool that offers perspectives for significant advances in classroom practices, serves as a subsidy for the advancement of investigations into the teaching and learning processes. As an Educational Product, we created a workshop on concept maps: The use of Cmap Tools software in Teaching and Learning.