Science Teaching in the Base Nacional Comum Curricular and in the Currículo Referência de Minas Gerais: analysis from the perceptions of in-service and pre-service teachers

Abstract

This work aims to understand how the implementation process of the Base Nacional Comum Curricular (BNCC) and the Currículo Referência de Minas Gerais (CRMG) of Natural Sciences (NC) of Elementary School II (ES II) occurred in the schools of the Regional Education Superintendence (RES) of Diamantina (MG) — RES/Diamantina. Science teachers from ES and students of the Degree in Biological Sciences at the Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM) participated in the research. Discursive Textual Analysis was the methodology used to analyze four pre-established categories: 1) Scope of the curriculum; 2) Implementation of BNCC and CRMG; 3) Influence of BNCC and CRMG on Science Teaching, and 4) Characterization of the curriculum by the science teachers’ teaching practice courses. The results indicate that the guidelines established by the BNCC and CRMG for the NC of ES II are a traditional curriculum and distant from an educational project aiming at a critical and emancipatory scientific education.