A divulgação científica em livros didáticos de ciências da natureza e suas tecnologias: formas de circulação e implicações para a educação em ciências

Abstract

Scientific Communication (SC) materializes in society through texts, which are available on the network. In this work, we highlight the insertion of scientific communication texts (SCT) in of Natural Sciences and Their Technologies textbooks, in the seven collections approved in the National Textbook Program 2021. We present a general characterization of the insertion of SCT, seeking to analyze the cited sources, the form of insertion and the relationship between the cited version and the original text. Besides, we carried out an analysis of the radioactivity theme, highlighting the potential of using SC in Science Education, to establish a relationship with the concepts of radioactivity found in the chapters of the textbooks. The work also includes a comparison of the entry of SCT in the radioactivity theme in the Chemistry textbooks (National Textbook Program 2018) with the current National Textbook Program (2021) in the Natural Sciences and their Technologies textbooks, now with the new production condition of the National Common Curricular Base. In the general characterization, we observed a great amount and diversity of text insertions throughout the seven collections. On the topic of radioactivity, most of the insertions contemplated similar subjects, such as radioactive accidents or radioactivity applications. In the comparison between the two National Textbook Program, the irregularities overlap the similarities, and the current National Textbook Program included a smaller number of insertions and less variety of SCT. Thus, we observed that the new configuration of the textbooks modified the layout of the concepts, also influencing the entry of SC. In this way, relevant the analysis and discussion of this type to trace and propose paths, for discussion of this form of circulation of knowledge in the classroom.