Uma reflexão sobre a formação de conceitos científicos na disciplina de Ciências Naturais no ensino fundamental em uma escola púbilica de Manaus

Abstract

Considering that, the definition of the word is the beginning and not the end for the formation of concepts, we organize the development of the research having as scientific problem the effective use of the methodology that considers the teachinglearning process as important Contribution to the formation of scientific concepts in the discipline of science in elementary school. To this end, we organized the study defining as a general objective to analyze how the teaching-learning process can contribute to the formation of scientific concepts in elementary school, taking as a reference for analysis the Historical-Cultural Theory. Accomplished on a municipal school in the outskirts of Manaus, in a class of the 4th year of elementary school, the research were based on a qualitative approach, with a dialectical focus, in which we conducted an interview with the teacher, observation in the classroom and application of a study activity with students. The data generated allowed us to perceive that although the scientific concept is the principal object of work of the teacher, it does not understand its importance in the development of the student and continues to work as a definition, ready and finished. We believe that the lack of epistemological deepening in teacher education is one of the factors that contributes to a superficial view of the teaching-learning process. It was possible to experience a training with the teacher, from the research studies, to perform with the students a procedure based on the elements of the activity theory in order to look at the organization of the didactic process in the science classes, in which the scientific concept contributes to the development of the student. The research demonstrated the importance of the relationship between epistemology and methodology, defended by the historical-Cultural theory, indicating the importance of promoting with teachers theoretical reflections about the pedagogical practice in the formation of concepts Scientific. Keywords: scientific concepts formation. Teaching learning. Historical-Cultural theory