Abstract

SILVA, Elânia Francisca da; FERREIRA, Raimundo Nonato Costa  and  SOUZA, Elaine de Jesus. PRACTICAL CLASSES IN NATURAL SCIENCES: THE USE OF THE LABORATORY AND TEACHING TRAINING. Educ. Teoria Prática [online]. 2021, vol.31, n.64, e23. ISSN 1981-8106.  https://doi.org/10.18675/1981-8106.v31.n.64.s15360.

The Natural Sciences (NS) are formed by disciplines of experimental essence, therefore, for the teaching and learning process to be effective, it is necessary to use practical classes held in the laboratory. This study aimed to evaluate how the use of laboratories by the teachers of NS in the final years of elementary school is related to their academic training, focusing on the importance of conducting practical classes. The present work was carried out through a qualitative research, with the application of a questionnaire to 24 teachers in the municipalities of Abaiara, Brejo Santo and Milagres, who teach in elementary schools in the final years of the municipal public system. Thus, it was possible to observe among the interviewees: 50% are trained in the areas that comprise the NSs. However, it is noticeable that teachers who are not related to the NS teach classes in this discipline. It was also possible to observe that in the studied region, the teacher, even trained within the NS area, considered his academic education insufficient to conduct practical laboratory classes. The difficulties encountered by the teachers permeate their training and are also linked to the lack of physical structure and the location of the schools where they teach.

Keywords : Practical Classes; Science Teaching; Teacher Training.

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