O ensino-aprendizagem de ciências naturais na educação básica: o filme como recurso didático nas aulas de ecologia

Abstract

This dissertation presents methodological suggestions on teaching with the aid of documentaries, animation and educative films as a pedagogical resource for the educational process in Science classes, with the subject “Ecology”. To fulfill the research, bibliographical studies were performed at first, with highlights to the Historical-Cultural Theory, Interdisciplinarity, Scientific Education, the Curricular Directives for the Teaching of Science in Basic School in the State of Paraná, and the Use of Movies as Didactic Resources. By means of this theoretical ground, a Didactic Sequence was organized for the teaching events. This research aims at verifying the contributions of movies when used as a pedagogical didactic resource in Science classes in the teaching process, describing a Didactic Sequence to assist the teachers for the use of this resource. Concerning the collection and analysis of data, the research was qualitative and the individuals involved were students from the 9th year of a matutinal Elementary School from a public institution in the northwest region of Paraná. The data were collected from portfolios – continuous records of the students on the activities developed during the classes – and by watching the teacher researcher through a portfolio – record of the dialogues in the discursive interaction for each Teaching Event. The research resulted in the elaboration of a “Manual of orientations: The film as a didactic resource in the Ecology classes” which became a reference that enables the use of documentaries, animation and educative movies for the development of teaching in the educational process.