Ilhas interdisciplinares de racionalidade e o ensino de ciências da natureza: construindo um ambiente de aprendizagem investigativo e interdisciplinar sobre a atividade leiteira

Abstract

This research had the aim develop and evaluate the methodology of the Interdisciplinary Island of Rationality on the milk activity for students of the third year of High School of a State School in region of the Campanha Gaúcha, Rio Grande do Sul. Data were collected before, during and after the intervention didactic. These collections involved the application of low and high order cognitive skills questionnaires and portfolios as a way to obtain indicators of learning and the promotion of Scientific and Technological Literacy. An instrument was also used to identify the areas of knowledge present on the Island as a parameter to verify the effectiveness or not of interdisciplinarity. Regarding the analysis, the qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. The results showed significant gains in terms of learning and problem solving skills. The results also demonstrate that this initiative of innovation through the Islands has moved towards promoting the Scientific and Technological Literacy of the students. In addition, it was possible to confirm the effectiveness of interdisciplinarity, taking as parameters the different areas of knowledge identified by the students, as well as their articulation. As a product of this work, a proposal for interdisciplinary didactic intervention was developed, seeking to make available to teachers and educational institutions interested a theoretical and practical material to support the development of actions in the area of Natural Science Education.