Ciências nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental e o movimento maker em panorama da sociologia das associações

Abstract

This work is based on the relationship between curricular content and educational activities in Primary School Science and the assumptions of the Sociology of Associations, as well as STSE Education (Science, Technology, Society and Environment) and Socio-Scientific Issues (SSI), in reference to the Maker Movement, with the aim of contemplating the knowledge, languages and technologies inherent in everyday society. The general aim of this research is to develop an educational proposal involving links between the Maker Movement and the assumptions of the Sociology of Associations, shaping curricular and methodological compositions in Science in the early years of Elementary School. This objective is complemented by the research question: What forms of articulation between the assumptions of the Maker Movement and the Sociology of Associations are evident in curricular and methodological compositions within the scope of the subject of Science in the early years of Elementary School, with reference to the formative goals of STSE Education? The procedures encompass qualitative research, comprising two stages: Stage 1, documentary research involving educational projects under development within the scope of the Curitiba Municipal Education Network (RME); Stage 2 – research in participant mode, in articulation of the curricular contents present in the planning of teachers in the area of Sciences, from a Municipal School in Curitiba, Paraná, with a 5th grade class in Elementary School, in the first semester of 2023.This stage involves the following sets of actions: analysis of the educational institution’s curriculum plans in the area of Science; reflections and perceptions of the teaching team in the area in Primary School; questioning and articulating the planned content with aspects of the Sociology of Associations and SSI; development of activities and practical proposals from the Maker Movement correlated with social commitment, including the preparation of an e-book, which also includes the various products produced together that reveal the students’ productions. The data for this stage includes: the students’ productions developed in face-to-face classes (texts, photos and videos); the transcripts of the video recordings of the face-to-face classes; the researcher’s field diary entries, with descriptions and reflections on the educational activities developed. The data is analyzed according to Documentary and Content Analysis procedures, with the selection of “units of analysis” that relate to axes of analysis, delineated in reference to modalities of articulation between the Maker Movement and the Sociology of Associations: a) elaboration and manipulation of representations involving stable, mobile and combinable resources; b) allusion to the cycle related to the production, distribution, use and disposal of products, in reference to sócio-technical networks.