Relações entre representações sociais sobre ciências e ensino de ciências de licenciandos em física

Abstract

In this work we analyze relations between the social representations of science and Science teaching of professors in initial formation in Physics. For this, we based in the Theory of the Social Representations of Serge Moscovici, beyond categorizing the Science as idealistic, empirist, construtivist and externalist and the Science teaching in new trends, redescover and traditional. The methodological approach consisted of applying in a sample of 26 in of professors in initial formation in Physics a partnercultural questionnaire, a hierarquical evocation Test and two alternative multiple questionnaires, one of them relating to the science and other to the Science teaching. We detach in our results as correlations strongest, that is, of bigger coefficient, corresponding to the pairs Idealism - New Trends, Externalism - New Trends, Construtivist - New Treds and Externalism - Traditional. Then, the initial formation in Physics seem to have in the ideas most innovative of Science teaching a powerful ally for the creation of strategy of if argue science. Inversely, the ideas most traditional seem to become a possible obstacle in the establishment of connections with science. The study of these relations it leads to the knowledge of the institutions, on its pupils, its formation, making possible the reflection concerning the paper of science and its education and its technologies in the transformation for a model of development, and socially more just democratic.