Olhares sobre o movimento Steam na educação : perspectivas de formadores e licenciandos

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate conceptual and pedagogical aspects about the insertion of the STEAM Education (acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) approach from the perspective of the teaching staff and students of undergraduate courses at the Federal University of Pampa (UNIPAMPA)/Campus Bagé. To this end, qualitative-quantitative research is used to analyze the perceptions, dilemmas and tensions regarding the conceptual and pedagogical aspects regarding the STEAM Education approach within the scope of the teaching practice of Higher Education teachers, with teachers and students of the course as participants. degree in the areas of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Music from UNIPAMPA. Thus, the proposal is to investigate teachers' perceptions based on a critical dialogue about the field of teacher training and the professional skills that constitute them. Through a questionnaire, the aim is to analyze the speeches of teachers and students, their similarities and differences, via discursive textual analysis-ATD. The theoretical framework presents reflections on STEAM Education, the challenges and potential of this approach, public educational policies aimed at teacher training directed by BNCC and BNC-Training, the professional skills of the educator and pedagogical innovation. In this way, the questionnaire enabled reflection on teaching practice, in addition to exploring the benefits and disadvantages of including the STEAM approach in the Higher Education curriculum, as well as exploring and discussing the signs or not of assumptions of this approach in teachers' pedagogical practice. College students. In this way, this research shows how much the STEAM approach can contribute to the development of 21st century skills and competencies, in teaching improvement and in the incorporation of new active methodologies and digital resources in the didactic-pedagogical practice of teachers who will work in the future in Basic education.