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O presente relatório tem como tema principal as conceções dos alunos e a aprendizagem em ciência. Neste sentido, advoga a perspetiva construtivista e o ensino por investigação, uma vez que colocam os alunos no centro das suas aprendizagens, assim como reconhecem as suas conceções enquanto ponto de partida para a construção do conhecimento.
Este estudo tem como objetivos compreender em que medida as tarefas de natureza investigativa podem alterar as conceções dos alunos, assim como perceber se alunos com conceções alternativas mantêm as suas conceções ao longo do tempo.
A metodologia de investigação insere-se no paradigma interpretativo e na metodologia qualitativa, inspirando-se na abordagem da investigação-ação. Tem-se, assim, como intento descrever, analisar e interpretar todo o processo de construção de tarefas de natureza investigativa, as conceções identificadas, as eventuais mudanças concetuais ocorridas, discutindo-se as potencialidades das tarefas de natureza investigativa para a aprendizagem concetual dos alunos.
Neste estudo participaram 26 alunos da uma turma de 2.º ano de escolaridade, em contexto de estágio III, no âmbito do Mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico.
A implementação de tarefas deste cariz obedece a uma sequência de quatro fases, a saber, envolvimento, exploração, explicação e avaliação (mudança concetual), nas quais os alunos definem uma questão a investigar, exploram, explicam, respondem à questão formulada, e avaliam as suas aprendizagens, com vista ao conhecimento científico.
A análise dos resultados alcançados sugere a importância de tarefas de natureza investigativa para a aprendizagem dos alunos, uma vez que a maioria dos alunos evidenciou uma mudança concetual.
The present report focuses on students’ conceptions and science learning. In this way, it supports the constructivist perspective and inquiry-based science education. It places the students in the center of their own learning experience, recognizing their conceptions as a starting point for the construction of knowledge. This study’s goals are to evaluate if tasks with an inquiry nature can change students’ conceptions and whether students’ alternative conceptions are kept overtime. The research methodology is rooted in the interpretative paradigm and qualitatively methodology, being inspired by a research-action approach. The purpose is therefore to describe, analyze and interpret the entire process of inquiry tasks construction, students’ conceptions identification and the eventual conceptual changes, discussing the potential of inquiry tasks l for students’ conceptual learning. This study had the participation of 26 students of a 2nd year class, in the context of stage III, under the Masters in Preschool Education and Teaching 1st Cycle of Basic Education. Tasks implementation follow a sequence of four phases, specifically, engagement, exploration, explanation and evaluation (conceptual change), during which students define an issue to investigate, explore, explain, answer the question asked, and evaluate their learning, in order to develop scientific knowledge. The analysis of the results obtained supports the importance of inquiry tasks for students’ learning, once the majority of students revealed a conceptual change.
The present report focuses on students’ conceptions and science learning. In this way, it supports the constructivist perspective and inquiry-based science education. It places the students in the center of their own learning experience, recognizing their conceptions as a starting point for the construction of knowledge. This study’s goals are to evaluate if tasks with an inquiry nature can change students’ conceptions and whether students’ alternative conceptions are kept overtime. The research methodology is rooted in the interpretative paradigm and qualitatively methodology, being inspired by a research-action approach. The purpose is therefore to describe, analyze and interpret the entire process of inquiry tasks construction, students’ conceptions identification and the eventual conceptual changes, discussing the potential of inquiry tasks l for students’ conceptual learning. This study had the participation of 26 students of a 2nd year class, in the context of stage III, under the Masters in Preschool Education and Teaching 1st Cycle of Basic Education. Tasks implementation follow a sequence of four phases, specifically, engagement, exploration, explanation and evaluation (conceptual change), during which students define an issue to investigate, explore, explain, answer the question asked, and evaluate their learning, in order to develop scientific knowledge. The analysis of the results obtained supports the importance of inquiry tasks for students’ learning, once the majority of students revealed a conceptual change.
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Mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico
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Conceções dos alunos Ensino por investigação Mudança concetual Aprendizagem Students' conception Inquiry-based science education Conceptual change Learning Relatório de projeto de investigação Relatório de estágio
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Escola Superior de Educação, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal