Percepção dos professores sobre os espaços não formais de educação no ensino de ciências

Abstract

The non-formal educational is a didactic resource that is used to improve the relationship between theory and practice in learning/teaching process. This resource in science teaching provides a significant learning that allows a network connection between the school and the city. In this context, this paper analyzed the perspective of Sciences teaching in the State of Ceará about the utilization of non-formal education spaces. In order to do this analyze a questionnaire was used with 25 science teachers. It was used a quantitative and qualitative approach. Using these analyses it was created a profile of these professionals. As result, it was found that the use of non-formal education spaces by the majority of teachers. The beach was the place with the most preference to the learning/teaching process.The teachers have a lot of difficult related to the use of these spaces. The majors problems cited by them it was the delay in the syllabus, the lack of transportation, and the students’ indiscipline. However, the use of non-formal education spaces is considered important by the interviewed teachers, because it establishes relationship between the science classes and sociocultural reality where the students are inserted.