Knowledge of scientific subjects and teacher training for early childhood education in Elementary School

Authors

  • Marcos Daniel Longhini Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia/MG. Grupo de Pesquisa “Docência e formação de professores de Ciências e Matemática – UFU”

Keywords:

scientific knowlegde of subjects, elementary school, teacher training

Abstract

This article reports some results collected from an interactive process in which the researcher and two participants, students from an Education Course, observed how the participants carried out the aim of elaborating, implementing and analyzing a set of Natural Science classes. In such process their interaction concerning the scientific knowledge they had of the contents and strategies on how to teach them were investigated. From the results it was inferred they lacked information on specific areas of knowledge, which they needed in order to teach. Some thoughts referring to teacher training for Early Childhood Education and its main locus: Education Courses are presented.

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Published

2016-10-21

How to Cite

Longhini, M. D. (2016). Knowledge of scientific subjects and teacher training for early childhood education in Elementary School. Investigations in Science Education, 13(2), 241–253. Retrieved from https://ienci.if.ufrgs.br/index.php/ienci/article/view/441

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2008): August of 2008

Section

Artigos

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