Scientific Competences, CTS and Continuing Education of Basic Education Teachers

Abstract

Initial teacher training is not always enough to develop the skills necessary for professional performance because it is built up over the teaching career. The teachers of the Initial Years because they are polyvalent need different knowledge and it is necessary to offer continuing education courses in several areas. Continuing education in science is necessary for teachers to develop topics related to the CTS approach, the development of critical thinking and scientific skills, enabling them to produce activities that can enable students to think and solve different problems. Continuous training courses should be promoted to contribute to teachers who did not have in their initial training these well worked and developed aspects This article aims to present and analyze didactic sequences produced by teachers of the initial years from a continuing training course in order to contribute to the development of Scientific Competences. Thirteen teachers from the municipal education network of Ribeirão Pires - SP / Brazil were the subjects of this qualitative research. The results revealed that the continuing education course contributed to learning and to the development of the Scientific Competences of these teachers, challenging them to seek new ways and new teaching practices for the contents of Science.