Abstract

CORREIA, Ademilson Leandro  and  FRANCISCO JUNIOR, Wilmo Ernesto. DO VIDEOS ABOUT SCIENCE MATTER? A STUDY WITH STUDENTS FROM BASIC EDUCATION. Práx. Educ. [online]. 2021, vol.17, n.45, pp.491-510.  Epub Apr 29, 2022. ISSN 2178-2679.  https://doi.org/10.22481/praxisedu.v17i45.6894.

Nowadays, digital technologies have multiplied the flow of communication and information around the world. Considering the digital medium as one of the most important for the Science popularization, mainly through online videos, this research aimed at investigating habit aspects, interestings and perceptions from Basic Education students about videos related to Science issues. This is an exploratory research that was performed with 160 students from semiarid region in Alagoas. For the data gathering was used a questionnaire containing open and multiple-choice questions. The findings pointed out that students mainly watch videos for fun, but videos that present scientific themes were very representative. The students also highlighted the importance of videos with scientific themes, in spite of watching such materials rarely. They also considered learning from videos and recognized them as a pedagogical possibility for teachers. The videos are configured in a new cultural dimension in which different scenarios and perspectives for science education and popularization, whose processes need to be questioned.

Keywords : Non-formal Education; Science Popularization; Audiovisual Reading.

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