Abstract

FREITAS, Jairo Dias de  and  REIS, Silvia Barreiros dos. Ensino de ciências e formação profissional em saúde de nível médio: representações sociais e visões de ciência. Ciência educ. [online]. 2011, vol.17, n.03, pp.693-704. ISSN 1516-7313.

The order and causality notions pervade the understanding of life matters even in a dogmatic perspective. That being so, it is plausible to study the justifications that make dogmatic view of science meaningful, often treated as scientism. Based on a methodological triangulation, it has been carried out a qualitative study in order to map the elements that support such perspective by means of social representations, considering as alternative hypothesis an optimistic vision of science. Working with first grade mid-level students of a technical course in Health, we could observe the existence of certain elements of scientist discourse based on the conception of science knowledge as unique. Therefore, it is fundamental to understand the history of scientific activity so as to contextualize science as human production.

Keywords : Scientism; Social Representation; Science Education.

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