A alfabetização científica na formação inicial dos professores de química: contribuições do Museu Itinerante de Química no Instituto Federal do Piauí - IFPI/PICOS.

Abstract

Initial Training is the time that the undergraduate students know teaching and learning processes and have the possibility to develop research, contributing to Chemistry Teaching. This study aimed to investigate the influence of Scientific Literacy actions in the Initial Training of Chemistry undergraduate students from the Federal Institute of Piauí, as from the participative construction of a Traveling Museum of Chemistry (MIQ). The research is characterized as qualitative, descriptive and participant. The techniques used for data collection were: questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, participant observation and systematic recorded in the museum script, text production and informal conversations during the process. The investigated situations addressed the analysis of previous conceptions of undergraduate students on Scientific Literacy before and after the construction of MIQ; study group with reading articles about Science Literacy; the construction of the MIQ, from planning to the exposure phase in two schools in Picos and contributions in the initial teacher training process. To support the research were used the ideas of Astolfi (2012); Cachapuz (2000,2011); Chassot (2004,2014); Marandino (2005,2013); Milaré (2009,2014); Schentzler (1998). The study results show that at the beginning of the activities, the undergraduate students (90%) knew little about the role of Scientific Literacy, expanding their views along this research. The main contributions that the Scientific Literacy actions have brought to the undergraduate students were: (a) improvements of chemical knowledge exploited by MIQ; (b) knowledge of the discussions about the Scientific Literacy and the Teaching of Chemistry; (c) changes in the view of Chemistry Teaching promoted by the context, teaching materials and games exploring the principles of Scientific Literacy. Undergraduate students, beyond enhancing conception of Scientific Literacy, they developed the necessary security and autonomy for teaching. We conclude that, through the construction of MIQ, the undergraduate student participants were able to appropriate the theoretical contributions of Scientific Literacy, resulting in the formation of future more conscious teachers of the importance of focused science education to the school context, as found themselves challenged to learn through research and teaching.