A interdisciplinaridade na área de Ciências da Natureza: sua aplicabilidade no ensino médio

Abstract

This paper aimed to research, analize and reflect on how interdisciplinarity is manifested on the perception and practice of teachers into the Natural Science area, on a daily base data, in the first year of High School, in a state-funded school in Uruguaiana city, state of the Rio Grande do Sul. The research was designed based on the conceptions of interdisciplinarity contained in the literature, done through out an objective survey about teachers' comprehension about the subject, and development of an interdisciplinary activity with students. After the activity execution, the results were analized in order to realize their contribution to the teaching-learning process. The results point out the importance of developing interdisciplinary activities at schools, discuss the importance of initial teaching training on the teachers’ fields of study and highlight the contribution of an interdisciplinary teaching strategy to students’ learning process.