Abstract

RITTER, Jaqueline  and  MALDANER, Otavio Aloisio. STS in the Study Situation: Curriculum Development and Teacher Training. Prax. Saber [online]. 2015, vol.6, n.11, pp.195-214. ISSN 2216-0159.

Internationally, in 21st century education public policy agenda, comprehensive basic school formation for everybody highlights the need of a contextualized and interdisciplinary teaching -one closer to students' daily life, through thematic approaches to the curriculum development in Science. A Study Situation (SS) was questioned on this subject: «Chemistry in the agricultural activity» as a relevant social issue for basic education, due to its closeness to the Science, Technology and Society (STS) approach, and the conceptual meaning through thematic approach in the curriculum development. A Study Situation produced and developed in 2011 by professors-authors in the context ofthe initial Chemistry teacher training at UNIJUÍ - Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) - was considered as the qualitative analysis object. It was recognized the potential of considering the STS approach embedded in curriculum development through the SS articulated to the teacher-researchers training, during their initial training.

Keywords : thematic approaches; universal education; Science; Technology and Society; education public policies.

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