Atividades experimentais nos livros didáticos de Ciências dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental adotados nas escolas municipais da zona urbana de São João do Piauí-PI

Abstract

Experimental activities are considered didactic strategies that contribute to teaching and learning in the classroom. They can help in the understanding and meaningful learning of science content, providing students with an active and curious participation, favoring the construction of concepts for solving problems in their daily lives. Therefore, the objective was to analyze the experimental activities present in science textbooks (LDs). As for its procedures, we carried out a bibliographical research, with a qualitative and descriptive approach, as well as the analysis of Science textbooks from Municipal Elementary Schools in the initial years, in the municipality of São João do Piauí - PI. In total, 28 experiments were identified in the 5 analyzed books. When analyzing the materials, a lower quantification of experimental activities was found, in general, in textbooks from the 1st to the 4th year of Elementary School. It was possible to perceive how textbooks can be important learning tools in the use of experimental activities in Science classes in the early years. In addition, the analysis of textbooks is recommended as a practice present in the day-to-day of teacher training courses in order to train future professionals capable of selecting and using good teaching materials.