CREATING TEACHING MATERIALS FOR SCIENCE, CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF A TEACHING INITIATION PROJECT
1 Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul (BRAZIL)
2 Escola Municipal João Belchior Marques Goulart (BRAZIL)
3 Colégio Estadual Inácio Montanha (BRAZIL)
About this paper:
Conference name: 12th International Technology, Education and Development Conference
Dates: 5-7 March, 2018
Location: Valencia, Spain
Abstract:
In order to encourage initiation to teaching by means of didactic-pedagogical actions that will bring students in teacher training courses (BIDs) closer to the reality of schools, articulating higher and basic education, the Brazilian government created the Institutional Program of Teaching Initiation Scholarships (PIBID - Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência). Through this Program, the BIDs are inserted into the everyday life of schools. This insertion enables creating and participating in innovative and interdisciplinary methodological experiences and teaching practices, that seek to overcome problems identified in the teaching-learning process. Especially in the context of a program (PIBID), our institution of higher education has been developing a program for teaching and learning Sciences, Chemistry and Biology. Currently there are 21 BIDs connected to this institutional project, working in 4 public schools. This project enables the BIDs to interact between theory and practice through experimentation and experience in the school space, creating opportunities for their development as future teachers. In this context, one of the activities was to create teaching materials for Sciences, Chemistry and Biology in school. These materials were planned and developed by work groups comprising BIDs, teachers from the schools and teachers from the teacher training course (Licenciatura). Among the teaching materials created through our PIBID project, is a card game about the periodical table and periodical properties, a game about the amphibians, an entomological collection, and others. As these materials are created, they are used at public schools in classes and activities held with the presence of BIDs and the school teacher. Details on some of these materials will be presented in the final article. Among the results expected from this project are greater integration between higher education and basic education, improved quality of the initial training in Sciences, Chemistry and Biology, as well as improving the learning of these sciences at school.
Acknowledgements: PIBID/CAPES, IFRS.Keywords:
Pre-service teacher training, science education.