Abstract

FRANCA, Elaine Soares; MUNFORD, Danusa  and  NEVES, Vanessa Ferraz Almeida. Science and imagination in elementary school. Rev. Bras. Educ. [online]. 2023, vol.28, e280084.  Epub Sep 06, 2023. ISSN 1809-449X.  https://doi.org/10.1590/s1413-24782023280084.

Our objective is to investigate how relationships between science and imagination are discursively constructed within a group of children in the first three years of elementary school. Based on Ethnography in Education, articulated with Science Education, we analyze events that demonstrate how references to the non-school context contribute to the teaching of science in a way articulated with imagination/creation activity. The results demonstrate the occurrence of: a science perspective primarily focused on results/products of science and another focused on procedures/processes of knowledge construction/practices; a form of creation activity related to the interaction with materials to investigate phenomena and another mainly related to the creation of imaginary narratives; and greater participation and enhancement of creation activity when talking about the space of the house in the school space.

Keywords : Science Education; elementary school; science; imagination; Ethnography in Education.

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