Pedagogical workshops as a teaching and learning strategy: the hydrographic basic as a theme

Current research investigates the ideas and practices of a team of teachers of the Natural Sciences working in schools in the state of Paraná, Brazil, with regard to pedagogical workshops as teaching and learning strategies on Hydrographic Basin as theme. A continuous formation course was conducted...

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Main Authors: Valéria Brumato Regina Fornazari, Ana Tiyomi Obara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2017-08-01
Series:Investigações em Ensino de Ciências
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Online Access:https://www.if.ufrgs.br/cref/ojs/index.php/ienci/article/view/326
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Summary:Current research investigates the ideas and practices of a team of teachers of the Natural Sciences working in schools in the state of Paraná, Brazil, with regard to pedagogical workshops as teaching and learning strategies on Hydrographic Basin as theme. A continuous formation course was conducted on the theme, with data retrieved by a questionnaire applied prior to the course and after the development of workshops by the teachers. Films, recordings and descriptive memorials were analyzed according to content analysis. Results showed that teachers endeavored to problematize in the pedagogical workshops, coupled to teachers´ mediation to go beyond common sense. Students´ participation was the great progress mediated by workshops. On the other hand, interdisciplinarity and the problematization of teaching were the limiting presuppositions for their execution. The undertaking enhanced a better understanding of pedagogical workshops in the teaching of the sciences, with the need for greater investments in teachers´ continuous formation to enhance the development of teaching practices that attend to current demands in science teaching.
ISSN:1518-8795