Análise de um projeto pedagógico: fractal e teoria do caos para integração de conteúdos

Abstract

The present research sought to discuss the effects of a pedagogical project in the area of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, carried out in a School of Basic Education, in which the Study of the Fractals was used as the integrating axis of the disciplines. This research was developed from the qualitative methodological approach and according to the objectives it was a case study. As a guiding question of the research was: How was the development of interdisciplinary practices in the project and how did it contribute to the contextualization of teaching, making it meaningful? For the accomplishment of the objectives, documentary sources about the school project were analyzed, besides an interview with teachers of the High School. As a result of the research, from the interviews conducted by the teachers, three categories emerged for discussion: Conceptions of teachers on interdisciplinarity, Interdisciplinarity as guiding principle of the project analyzed, Interdisciplinarity for meaningful learning. After a final analysis of the results, it is considered that, although it is challenging to work on the integration of the disciplines, it is necessary to assume this position in the teaching practice, since it enables the student to develop skills capable of responding to crises that contemporaneity lays down.