1. Hidric resources pollution as a trigger for socio-scientific activim
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Conceição, Teresa, Baptista, Mónica, Reis, Pedro, and Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
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Local authority ,Social Sciences ,Environmental education ,Problemáticas socioambientales en el aula ,Education ,Scientific literacy ,científicas ,Political science ,Ativismo ,0601 history and archaeology ,Activismo ,Activism ,Science education ,Ação sociopolítica ,Collective activism on socio-scientific issues ,Socio-scientific issues in the classroom ,060101 anthropology ,Educação ambiental ,05 social sciences ,Literacia científica ,050301 education ,06 humanities and the arts ,cuestiones socio ,Controvérsias sociocientíficas ,Alfabetización científica ,Educación en ciencias ,0503 education ,Humanities ,Cuestiones socio-científicas - Abstract
Resumen: Los curriculos de ciencias destacan la necesidad de implicar al alumnado en temas de la sociedad civil relacionados con las ciencias, al poner en evidencia la primacia de los aprendizajes sobre la relacion ciencias-tecnologia-sociedad-ambiente. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo conocer los aprendizajes de los alumnos cuando se involucran en el intento de solucion de la problematica relacionada con la contaminacion del riachuelo aledano a su escuela. La metodologia de investigacion es cualitativa, de orientacion interpretativa y basada en la observacion participante. Participan 21 alumnos de dos clases de 8.o nivel 1 con un curriculo alternativo que viven en un medio rural del sudoeste portugues. Los datos se recogieron a traves del diario del profesor, documentos escritos y entrevistas a los alumnos (realizadas al final del estudio). Los resultados revelan que las vivencias positivas proporcionadas por el club de radio les dotaron de confianza y les incentivaron al activismo comunitario relacionado con la contaminacion del riachuelo local. Este activismo se concreta a traves de un teatro de fantoches sobre el tratamiento de las aguas residuales. Asimismo, los resultados nos muestran que el activismo conduce a los alumnos a la identificacion de los temas de ciencias y de tecnologia que estan en la base de la contaminacion del riachuelo, ampliando su conocimiento sobre el problema y discutiendo diferentes perspectivas para su solucion. Ademas, los jovenes reconocen que el conocimiento les permite informar a otros miembros de la comunidad y se dan cuenta de que tienen el derecho de implicarse en cuestiones socio-cientificas que afecten su calidad de vida. Palabras clave: Cuestiones socio-cientificas; Problematicas socioambientales en el aula; Alfabetizacion cientifica; Educacion en ciencias. Hidric resources pollution as a trigger for socio-scientific activim Abstract: Science curricula emphasize the need to involve pupils in issues related with society, promoting the science-technology-society-environment perspective. The present study aims at understanding pupils’ learning when they were involved in the problem related with the pollution of a creek near their school. In this study, a qualitative and interpretive methodology was used, based in participant observation. Participants are 21 pupils, who attend the 8th grade of an alternative curriculum. The school belongs to a rural area in the Southwest of Portugal. Data were collected through field notes, written documents and pupils’ interviews (performed at the end of the study). The results show that the positive experiences provided by the radio club gave pupils confidence and encouraged them to activism related with the pollution of the local creek. This activism is concretized through a theater, raising awareness the community and local authority to the treatment of wastewater. In addition, the results show that activism allows pupils to indentify the scientific and technological concepts which are in the base of the pollution of the creek, expanding their knowledge related with the problem and discussing different perspectives for the solution. In addition, pupils recognize that is important to provide with knowledge the other members of the community and realize that they have the right to engage in socio-scientific issues, that affects their quality of life. Keywords: Collective activism on socio-scientific issues; Socio-scientific issues in the classroom; Scientific literacy; Science education.
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- 2019