A natureza da ciência na educação em ciência

The article is based on results of research carried out by the ESSA Group (Sociological Studies of the Classroom) centred on the inclusion of the nature of science (metascience) on science education. The results, based on analyses of various educational texts and contexts – curricula/syllabuses, textbooks and pedagogic practices – and of the relations between those texts/contexts, have in general shown a reduced presence and low conceptualization of metascience. The article starts by presenting the theoretical framework of the research of the ESSA Group which was focused on the introduction of the nature of science in science education. It is mostly based on Ziman’s conceptualization of metascience (1984, 2000) and on Bernstein’s theorization of production and reproduction of knowledge, particularly his model of pedagogic discourse (1990, 2000) and knowledge structures (1999). This is followed by the description of a pedagogical strategy, theoretically grounded, which explores the nature of science in the classroom context. The intention is to give an example of a strategy which privileges a high level learning for all students and which may contribute to a reflection about the inclusion of the nature of science on science education. Finally, considerations are made about the applicability of the strategy on the basis of previous theoretical and empirical arguments which sustain its use in the context of science education. Keywords: Science education. Nature of science. Pedagogic discourse. Classroom strategy

Conceptualization · Curriculum · Epistemology · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Science education · Social science · Sociology · Syllabus · Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Philosophy · Psychology

• Real Science

  Open Access•John Ziman, John M Ziman•Real Science•2000

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• The Structuring of Pedagogic Discourse

  Basil Bernstein•Structuring of Pedagogic Discourse•2004

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• The Logic of Scientific Discovery

  Karl R Popper, Karl Popper et al.•Physics Today•1959

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• Vertical and Horizontal Discourse

  Basil Bernstein•British Journal of Sociology of…•1999

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