Project-based learning in addressing socio-scientific issues

Abstract

With foundations in Project-Based Learning (PBL), along with the use and discussion of Socio-Scientific Questions (QSCs) with a view to improving teaching practice with a view to critical and reflective training. This project's main objective was to develop an interdisciplinary training action for teachers working in the final years of elementary school. The work is anchored in a qualitative methodology of an exploratory nature through action research. The research instruments were records of training meetings through audio recording, whose data were treated in the light of content analysis. After analyzing the data, the final category resulted in “Benefits of strategies developed by interdisciplinary training action using PBL for teaching practice”. When observing the results, we understand the need to share actions like these with other teachers, therefore, the organization and structure of this research can support the different levels of education who are interested in developing interdisciplinary projects, contributing to the formation of critical and reflective citizens.