Dificuldades enfrentadas no ensino de ciências naturais na perspectiva dos professores do município de Valença do Piauí, em tempo de pandemia

Abstract

This research addresses the perspective of four teachers on the obstacles, strategies and methods used in the teaching of Natural Sciences in three schools in the urban network of the municipality of Valença do Piauí, in the COVID-19 pandemic. Research focuses mainly on education, which in general is very important for the development of society as a whole, so, due to the pandemic, classes started to be taught remotely, bringing a different reality to teachers and students. Aiming to know what obstacles arose and what strategies and methods were used, related to the development of teaching-learning in the face of the pandemic context, according to four Natural Sciences teachers working in the final grades of elementary school in the urban network in the municipality of Valença do Piauí. The theoretical basis is based on the Basic Education Guidelines Law (1996); and several authors for the improvement of the research, among them, Crocce et al. (2021), Souza (2020). The research was carried out through the application of questionnaires to four teachers of Natural Sciences working in the final grades of public elementary education, in three schools in the urban area, made available by the education department of the municipality of Valença do Piauí. In view of the results obtained, the challenges were diverse, highlighting both the lack of support from school management, as well as from students and parents of students, along with the obstacles encountered with the platforms for teaching classes, taking into account the importance of qualification for to improve online classes.