O gênero “projeto de pesquisa” em feiras de Ciências: uma perspectiva construtivista

Abstract

Faced with the deep crisis experienced by Brazilian science, fostering interest in the scientific universe in educational contexts seems increasingly urgent. In this article we will present a reflection on the gender research project and significant learning, from the proposal of science fairs in school contexts and the perception of scientific literacy as a way for the emancipation of the subjects, a possibility to make individuals independent in the search for solutions to problematizations of individual and social interest. We answered the following question "how to promote meaningful learning through the gender research project in basic education taking into account the students' previous knowledge and their citizen formation", through the methodological analysis of questionnaires applied with 10 teachers and 10 students who participated in scientific events in their school environments, based on the bibliographic review of authors such as BEHRENS (2000), MORAES (2002 and 2004), TFOUNI (2002). As a result, we realized that the practice of research in everyday school and participation in science fairs encourage students to be a producer of knowledge, making the environment more dynamic and attractive. Likewise, students, when starting a project construction process, use scientific research, establish dynamic relationships between areas of knowledge, ask questions and seek solutions to social, cultural, economic and environmental problems of a local, national and / or global and produce genres of the most diverse.