History and social construction of the science curriculum in basic education

A look at Elementary Education in municipal schools in Rio Bananal/ES

Abstract

This research sought to identify how the Science curriculum in the city of Rio Bananal/ES was arranged over the last decade and the first years of the current decade, with a view to student training focused on scientific literacy, and how it is currently carried out, after the approval of the National Common Curricular Base and its reflection on the history of Science teaching. To this end, qualitative research was carried out involving bibliographic and documentary analysis in the following sources: Legislation, Curricular Guidelines and Teaching Plans for the Science subject, available at the Regional Education Superintendency, Municipal Education Department and in the Teaching Units themselves. Furthermore, a semi-structured interview was carried out with teachers who teach the Science subject in schools that offer full Elementary Education in the municipality of Rio Bananal/ES. Thus, when analyzing the history of Science teaching in the municipality of Rio Bananal/ES, we can assert that this educational ideology has a strong influence on the state curriculum, in addition to that which comes from the teachers themselves who work in municipal schools.