A alfabetização científica de estudantes do Ensino Fundamental engendrada pela participação na Feira Ciência Viva

Abstract

During the teaching formation in Biological Sciences, I entered the school reality, where I was concerned to unveil the aspects of scientific literacy provided to students by educational institutions and devices, which play fundamental roles for the demystification and promotion of science in contemporary times. Therefore, I directed this research to the features of scientific literacy of elementary students who participated in the 24th edition of the Fair Science Viva of the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), held in 2019. Thus, through a form, during the event, I attended the presentation of 23 groups of students, in order to verify in their speeches expressions of terms, concepts and scientific knowledge fundamental to each theme presented. Most students' presentations showed mastery of the proposed theme, but their conceptions of science revealed inadequate views. In addition, the analysis of the data on the ethical and political factors surrounding science has elucidated a gap in formation most groups on the development of this knowledge, as opposed to a minority that understands about plagiarism, authorship, and research integrity. The question regarding the relationship between Science, Technology, Society and Environment (STSE) identified significant perceptions of STSE predominate among students, however, only half of the sample expressed relationships between all these dimensions. Despite the numerous contributions to the scientific literacy of these students through participation in the event, provided by the development and presentation of their work, their scientific literacy proved to be an object of study that claims other scientific views and reflections. Therefore, further efforts are needed to push these themes about science and scientific practice in students' scientific literacy.