Desafios e possibilidades para o desenvolvimento do letramento científico no ensino de ciências: o papel das atividades práticas e livros didáticos

Abstract

Scientific Literacy (SL) is a research field that aims to enable the formation of critical students aware of their role in society. These individuals need to know how to apply their scientific knowledge to everyday situations, making decisions based on these foundations. When referring to this research field, it concerns Scientific Literacy (SL). To promote SL in the classroom, resources such as Practical Activities (PA) and Textbooks (TB) are essential. Therefore, this research aims to verify the presence of PAs in Science TBs of the 6th and 9th grades of Elementary School II and to assess their contribution or not to the development of SL. This study’s methodology is qualitative and divided into two main moments: analysis of TBs, verifying the presence of PAs and classifying the level of SL promoted by them; and the application of PAs in a 6th and 9th-grade class, intending to investigate whether the development of PAs favored the promotion of SL.