Argumentação de estudantes da educação básica sobre dilemas sócio-científicos no projeto ENGAGE

Abstract

This study was carried out within the framework of the European ENGAGE project which proposes the development of scientific skills in the context of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). It has been questioned, how do students use evidence-based argumentation to justify opinions about socio-scientific dilemmas? It aimed at proposing alternative methodologies to teachers to improve students' performance in the study of science. The research was a partnership between the Open University (OU-UK) of England and the State University of Bahia (UNEB), held in a public school in the Municipality of Irece-Ba-Brazil, with students of basic education. All the elements of the argumentation were identified during the activities carried out by the students of the three groups analyzed. However, it was observed that they presented difficulties to elaborate a justification based on evidence, responding to the proposed dilemma and describing scientific thinking in a systematized form. The study also pointed out the need for continuity of research using technological elements that would support the student with the structuring of his ideas.