A inserção da física nos livros didáticos de ciências do 4º ano do ensino fundamental

Abstract

This research aims to investigate what is the focus being given to physics education in science textbooks in 4th year of elementary school, emphasis on scientific literacy, contextualization and interdisciplinarity. For the teaching of physics in the early years of elementary school to be effective, we believe we should discuss and problematize how and what has been taught at this student's formative stage. In order to realize it, we will investigate the textbooks, once they are teaching tools used widely by educators on this school level. The purpose of this research is identifying how the physics contents have been presented in science textbooks of 4th year of elementary school, whether they are providing contextualization and interdisciplinarity.