Abstract

ZOCOLER, Juliane Cristina  and  SFORNI, Marta Sueli de Faria. The Relation between the Teaching of Natural Science and the Formation of the Conception of the World in light of Cultural-Historical Psychology. Ciência educ. [online]. 2020, vol.26, e20038.  Epub Sep 25, 2020. ISSN 1980-850X.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-731320200038.

This article presents results of research carried out with the purpose of investigating how the teaching of Natural Sciences can contribute to the psychic development of a conception of the world that is materialistic, historical and dialectical among students, which is denominated a conception of the world for the self. Based on aspects of Cultural Theory, a didactic experiment was created to be used in a 7th year class of a school in the state of São Paulo. The didactic experiment revealed some didactic principles that favored the promotion of students' learning of concepts as ways of developing a theoretical form of seeing, thinking and explaining world phenomena, namely collective discussions, the elaboration of a general way of acting, and the dialogue-based reading of scientific texts.

Keywords : Elementary school; Theoretical thinking; Problem situations; Scientific concept; Cultural-historical psychology.

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