The study had as main objective to understand the Teaching of Natural
Sciences in public schools in the metropolitan area of Belem from the conceptions and
pedagogical practices of teachers in training at PARFOR working in the early years of
elementary school. The specific objective are summarized in analyzing the concepts
of natural science teachers in training who work in the early years; describe
the pedagogical practices that are adopted by professors to teach Natural Sciences
and assess whether there is influence of the National Curriculum Parameters of Natural
Sciences in the design and pedagogical practice adopted by these teachers in
training (who are students of PARFOR / UFPA). As object of study, focused
on public school in Science Teaching in the metropolitan area of Belem from the
perspective of teachers in training at the Faculty of Education of the UFPA. This is a
qualitative research. The data collection technique was done by means of document
analysis and field, whose sample of 20 teachers from public schools, who are currently
in training at the PARFOR Degree in Bethlehem Pa-Campus Pedagogy. During data
collection, we used official documents such as the NCP of Natural
Sciences, Management Report PARFOR / UFPA and the Pedagogical Political
Project of the Education Course / PARFOR. It was applied a questionnaire with
open and closed questions to investigate the variables: socioeconomic, vocational
training, labor market, conceptions of science and pedagogical practices. Adopted
the content analysis data. Finally, in the final considerations spoke on the central
and relevant aspects of the research, presenting the results and most
significant analysis. The locus of research took place at the Institute of Educational
Sciences - Faculty of Education - Campus Silveira Neto - Belem, Para Brazil. It is
believed that this study will subsidize other research on science education in the early
years, as in the databases of indexed events and magazines of the area, yet there is
no work that report to this issue here in the state of Para. You can also serve as a source
of research for other studies that arise in the line of Education:
Curriculum, Epistemology and History.
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