We like science, oops! A historical-critical look at science teaching in the 4th grade of elementary school at SESI Cacoal School, RO
Science Teaching; Historical-Critical Pedagogy; Didactic Sequence; Knowledge Appropriation; Social Transformation.
This dissertation proposes a critical analysis of the teaching of Natural Sciences in Brazilian elementary schools, grounded in historical-critical pedagogy and theories of knowledge that understand language and mediation as central elements in human development. From an initial social practice, it develops a problematization of Science teaching as a field historically traversed by reforms and resistance, reclaiming the philosophical and psychological foundations of critical education and the role of the teacher as a political agent. The study defends the school as a legitimate space for the production of scientific thought, and the critical didactic sequence as a potential tool for the appropriation of knowledge. The methodology adopted involves qualitative research based on procedures of
instrumentalization, subject characterization, data generation, and participant observation in a school context. The results, presented during the catharsis, reveal significant transformations in the way teachers
relate to scientific knowledge and the school environment. The final social practice shows a collective redefinition of the educational process, pointing to science teaching as a transformative social practice.