Joseph Wright e a Gruta das Encantadas: as potencialidades de uma proposta de inter-relação para o ensino de ciências

Abstract

This dissertation is a research with a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and applied approach, which aims to investigate the potential of an interrelated proposal for science teaching. Thinking about promoting scientific and visual literacy through image reading, therefore, we selected four paintings by the painter Joseph Wright that represent a cave near Naples (ITA) painted in 1774, and three photos of the Gruta das Encantadas-Ilha do Mel Paraná -BR. From the selection of photos and screens, we developed 4 didactic sequences for the teaching of Sciences focused on the second cycle of elementary education, based on the thematic caves which was applied to students of the shift at the João XXIII Institute, an institution that serves children and teenagers in the city of Ponta Grossa. Data collection took place through observations, audio recordings, photographic records and materials produced by students. The main results showed that, when problematizing and reading Joseph Wright's canvases and the photographs of Gruta das Encantadas, it was an effective strategy to provide scientific knowledge, develop image reading skills, and reestablish the connection between science and arts. By providing this knowledge, personal development, rationality, sensitivity, creativity and environmental awareness among students were also made possible, mainly focused on the protection of cave environments. Based on these results, we prepared a didactic notebook for the teacher, with the purpose of offering suggestions for classroom work and disseminating practices involving works of art, photographs and cave environments for the development of artistic and scientific knowledge.