The definition of aims and curricular contents to teach Natural Science: present tendencies and perspectives

  • Estela Cols
  • Alejandra Amantea
  • Laura Basabe
  • Gabriela Fairstein

Keywords:

Teaching of Natural ScienceDidactics, basic school Scientific literacyhistory of science, syllabus, aims of teaching science, contents

Abstract

In the last decades there have been new ideas in the scientific education fields. This discussion is complex and does not point only to changes in teaching practices On the contrary, what is in discussion has to do with the contents and the aims of teaching the sciences of the basic education m a context that has suffered deep changes in the relationships between science, technology and society and also with new ideas about teaching, learning and the extension of compulsory education In this investigation we present the different currents of opinion since the second half of the XX century Secondly, we analyze some new proposals to identify main tendencies regarding aims and contents or teaching science finally, we explore the possibilities offered by the inclusion of a historical perspective when teaching sciences and the importance of the curricular documents m this dimension.

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Author Biographies

Estela Cols

Licenciada en Ciencias de la Educación. Profesora Titular de Didáctica General en la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Docente de Didáctica I en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UBA. Investigadora en el IICE-UBA

Alejandra Amantea

Licenciada y Profesora en Ciencias de la Educación (UBA), cursa estudios de Maestría en Didáctica (UBA). Especialista en didáctica y evaluación, docente de la cátedra de Didáctica I (UBA).

Laura Basabe

Licenciada en Ciencias de la Educaci6n; cursa estudios de Maestría en Didáctica (UBA). Especialista en Didáctica, curriculum y evaluación, docente de la cátedra de Didáctica I (UBA)

Gabriela Fairstein

Licenciada en Ciencias de la Educación (UBA) y Magister en Pedagogía Aplicada (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona). Es especialista en didáctica, docente de la Cátedra de Didáctica I (UBA).

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Published

2012-07-29

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Cols, E., Amantea, A., Basabe, L., & Fairstein, G. (2012). The definition of aims and curricular contents to teach Natural Science: present tendencies and perspectives. Praxis Educativa, 10(10), 50–67. Retrieved from https://ojs.unlpam.edu.ar/index.php/praxis/article/view/480

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Vol. 10 No. 10 (2006): marzo 2006 - febrero 2007

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