Arguing socio-scientific controversies in science education through a ludic activity

Abstract

The traditional way of organizing the curriculum, divided into specific disciplines, ultimately often fragments knowledge rather than emphasizing the interrelations. Among the proposals to transform the practice and teaching of science to promote more meaningful experiences for Scientific and Technological Education is the discussion of "Controversies socio-scientific" (CSC). In order to contribute to these discussions to take part of the ongoing training of science teachers, workshops were held on the limits and possibilities of interdisciplinary teaching strategy involving the use of CSC, offered in Brazilian area events. This is the "Cultural Rally", a proposal in workshop form. It is presented in this work and some results are discussed from the responses submitted by a group of teachers, being the analysis of these constitutes the scope of this work. Through the analysis, it is concluded that action is needed, planned to provide this kind of discussion as part of the training of science teacher, surpassing the identification of boundaries, walking in the quest to better understanding and action on their reality.