Scientific and Technological Literacy at Brazilian Under-Graduate Programs

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Albino Oliveira Nunes
Rosana Franzen Leite

Abstract

Scientific and technological literacy is one of the main objectives of scientific education, however, there are arguments about its definition and possibilities of implementation. There is, though, the consensus that Science teachers (Chemistry, Physics and Biology) have an important role in its promotion. Thus, the present article aimes to analyse elements of Scientifical and Technological Literacy, its concepts and dimensions, in the Pedagogical Projects of Chemistry programs offered on various Brazilian institutions. For such, it was performed a mixed methods research, in which the Pedagogical Projects of 15 Chemistry courses of different institutions from the five Brazilian regions were analyzed in the software Iramuteq 0.7 alpha 2. The results show that the programs indicate the importance of the three dimensions of the STL analyzed in this study, which configures as an argument in favor of further investigations about the implementation of these concepts in the day-to-day practice of these programs. 

 

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Albino Oliveira Nunes, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte - IFRN

Licenciado em Química - UERN Mestre em Ensino de Ciências Naturais e Matemática - UFRN Doutor em Química - UFRN. Pós-doutorando em Educação em Ciências - Unioeste

Professor do IFRN e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Ensino.

Rosana Franzen Leite, Unioeste

Possui graduação em Química pela Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (2005), mestrado em Educação Para a Ciência e o Ensino de Matemática pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (2009), E doutorado em Educação para a Ciência e a Matemática (2015), na mesma instituição. Atualmente é professora adjunta da Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, no campus de Toledo.