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- Title
INITIAL TRAINING OF TEACHERS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION ACTIVITY: EXPLORING NON-FORMAL ENVIRONMENTS.
- Authors
do Carmo Araújo, Cecília Santiado; Simião-Ferreira, Juliana; Pires Faquim, Ruan Carlos; dos Passos, Carollinny Vilas Boas; dos Santos, Anna Claudia; de Santana, Herick Soares; dos Santos Braga, Ramilla; de Oliveira, Gislene Lisboa
- Abstract
Conceptions of Science influence educational practices and interpretations about the construction of scientific knowledge. Therefore, this study aimed to use scientific practice to test the efficiency of non-formal educational environments in training candidates for teacher certification in Biological Sciences. Training of candidates was performed in four meetings held on the State University of Goiás in Anápolis, which features an interpretative trail for environmental education. To test the hypothesis that the training was effective, a paired t-test was performed on the grades obtained in the questionnaires before and at the end of the activities (pretest and post-test). The test showed that the course was effective and led to an increase in students' knowledge of the content covered (t test: t = 2.95, df = 16, p = 0.01), showing that on average, the scores of students increased in the post-test. This denotes a cognitive gain at the end of the course.
- Subjects
GOIAS (Brazil); TEACHER training; SCIENTIFIC knowledge; NONFORMAL education research; SCIENCE education; QUESTIONNAIRES; ENVIRONMENTAL education
- Publication
Pesquisa em Educação Ambiental, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 2, p97
- ISSN
1980-1165
- Publication type
Article