Algunas aproximaciones a la investigación en educación en enseñanza de las Ciencias Naturales en América Latina

Abstract

This book presents eight works of reflection, reporting of research results and methodological contributions from researchers from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia. The book deals with three major problems: early childhood education, the teaching of concepts and teacher training.

The first three chapters deal with the topic of early childhood education in the field of science teaching: “Analysis of the reasoning used by students when solving the problems proposed in physical knowledge activities”, by Rogério José LocateTli and Anna María Pessoa de Carvalho, from the University of Sao Paulo; “An ethnographic study on science teaching in primary school classrooms”, authored by Antonia Candela, from CINVESTAV; and "Methodological contributions to the study of relationships between cultural context and ideas about the nature of boys and girls", by Adela Molina, professor at the Francisco José de Caldas District University in the Interinstitutional Doctorate in Education, DIE. The fourth, fifth and sixth chapters deal, with different approaches, with the teaching of specific concepts: "Epistemological and ontological obstacles in understanding the Darwinian concept of adaptation: implications in the teaching of evolution", authored by Claudia Sepúlveda and Charbel Niño El -Hani, from the State University of Feira de Santana and the Federal University of Bahia, in Brazil, respectively; “Analysis of the didactic transposition of the concept of biodiversity. Guidelines for teaching”, by González Bermúdez and Ana Lía de Longhi, from the National University of Córdoba, Argentina; and “Contributions of teaching based on modeling in the development of visualization capacity”, by Rosaría Justi, Polaina F. M. Ferreira, Ariadne S. Queiroz and Paula C. C. Mendoça. from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Finally, in the seventh and eighth chapters the problem of training science teachers is addressed: “Didactic change and the training of science teachers. Current and future perspectives of the teacher”, authored by Carlos Javier Mosquera Suárez, professor at the District University in the Interinstitutional Doctorate in Education; and “The professional knowledge of teachers has become a relevant field of research, both nationally and internationally,” by Carmen Alicia Martínez Rivera and Ana Rivero, professors at the Universidad Distrital in the Interinstitutional Doctorate of Education and the University of SeviIIa, respectively.