Abstract

ANDRADE, Guilherme Trópia Barreto de. Historical trajectories of inquiry in science education. Ens. Pesqui. Educ. Ciênc. [online]. 2011, vol.13, n.1, pp.121-137. ISSN 1983-2117.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-21172011131121.

In this paper, I discuss historical moments in which the perspective of inquiry Education was debated by Science Education and Education researchers. I have investigated John Dewey’s papers in the beginning of the 20th century that proposes the inquiry perspective at school, using the scientific method. I have investigated the curriculum reforms on the Science Education in Brazil during the decades of 1950- 1960 in which the didactic material recommended the scientific inquiry. And at last, I investigated a recovering of the inquiry perspective in the end of the 20th century, influenced by discussions about the nature of Science and the relations between Science and Society in Science Education. I point out that the bases of the inquiry perspectives in Science Education are intimately connected to the conceptions of Science in discussion at each historical moment.

Keywords : Science Education; Inquiry Activities; History of Science Education.

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