Aulas práticas no processo de ensino-aprendizagem nas escolas públicas no município de Valença do Piauí-PI: a prática docente de ciências da natureza

Abstract

This research presents a study carried out to investigate practical classes in the teachinglearning process of the Natural Sciences Curricular Component, based on teaching practice in the Final Years of Elementary School. The main objective was to investigate the perception of Natural Sciences teachers about carrying out practical classes in the teaching-learning process in public schools in the city of Valença do Piauí-PI in the Final Years of Elementary School. Specifically, we sought to understand the pedagogical practices used by Natural Sciences teachers in the context of practical classes in public schools in Valença do Piauí-PI; understand teachers' choices in carrying out practical classes in the teaching of Natural Sciences; and finally, analyze teaching practice in the face of practical classes in the teaching-learning process of the Natural Sciences Curricular Component in the Final Years of Elementary School. The methodology used in the research is a study regarding explanatory descriptive objectives, of a qualitative nature, with the use of authors for the theoretical foundation as well as periodicals from the Capes and Google Scholar databases. The present study is also characterized as a field observation research, in which interview questionnaires were applied to teachers who work in Natural Sciences in the Final Years of Elementary School. Thus, the study presented results that demonstrate that practical classes contribute to the students' teaching-learning process, faced with the challenges encountered, articulating theory and practice, making students active subjects in the construction of learning.