Abstract

MUNOZ BURBANO, Zulman Estela  and  CERON CABRERA, Sandra Yaneth. FORMING A SCIENTIFIC SPIR IT IN BASIC EDUCATIONFROM THE TEACHING OF NATURAL SCIENCES. Tend. [online]. 2015, vol.16, n.1, pp.147-158. ISSN 0124-8693.  https://doi.org/10.22267/rtend.151601.37.

The present reality opens up a space for reflection about the teaching of Natural Sciences which is an evident situation in the analysis of teaching practices that focus on content and not on processes. In this regard, it is proposed to consider the educator, rather than the learner, as a starting point for a process that allows to move from the emphasis on the heavy decontextualized information to the dynamics of dialogue of knowledge, and also to a rapprochement of the students to the understanding of the nature of the sciences and to the development of a scientific spirit which goes beyond simple acts of inquiry or consultation. The formation and acquisition of a scientific spirit understood as a complex structure in which critical thinking, observation related abilities and the capacity to confront and support ideas, among others, is articulated with the teacher's didactics, the way in which they assume their work, and the way how they relate to the science and the scientific activity.

Keywords : teaching of sciences; scientific spirit; pedagogical practicum.