The perception of Science and Technology by secondary students and the divulgation of Science. / A percepção de Ciência e Tecnologia dos estudantes de ensino médio e a divulgação científica

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

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This thesis deals with the perception that secondary students in a public school in São Paulo, Brazil, have of Science and Technology, and with the relationship of such perception with the divulgation of Science. The main theoretical support for the research employed Vigotskis Socio-cultural Theory, and Bakhtins studies on discourse analysis. The main purpose of the thesis is the discussion of the aspects that involve Formal Education and the media, considering that man lives within a socio-cultural context and by means of constant interactions, builds meanings. The meanings attributed by man take place both at the level of perceptions as well as at the level of the formation of concepts, and in this sense, this research not only deals with some perceptions of Science and Technology that students have, but also contributes in understanding how such students interact with such perceptions and the newspapers and magazine publications that promote Science and Technology. The research methodology utilized was based on the interpretative paradigm, which presupposes that the real world is a construction by the social actors in the search for meanings. Starting from this paradigm a source of data was built through two research approaches: the quantitative and qualitative approaches. Data was collected through the technique of structured and semi-structured interviews, sociocultural questionnaire, and recording of activities in the classroom. This broad collection of data resulted in abundant source of data which, after analysis, permitted the drawing of some guidelines for an intervention in the classroom taking into consideration the perceptions of Science and Technology of the students and the influence of such perceptions in the signification processes. In addition, the results lead to the conclusion that there is a real need for a critical reading of the promotion of Science by students, and that this reading may be carried out by means of interaction with scientific divulgation texts in Science classes.

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divulgação científica divulgation of science ensino de ciências socio-cultural theory teoria sociocultural percepção da ciência e da tecnologia teaching of science perception of science and technology

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