APRENDIZAGEM DO GÊNERO DE DIVULGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA EM ANOS INICIAIS DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL

Abstract

The scientific communication (SC) genre is socially relevant because it is the most widely read and discussed genre in and outside the school. It is also important for the scientific formation of students because it brings the language of science and observation of the real, along with its scientific and technological advances. However, it is a genre which is little studied or explored by teachers in the early years of elementary school. Because of this, certain questions have arisen: when the teacher emphatically and systematically explores the SC genre, does it have a significant impact on a students written production? How is this learning shown in written productions of the SC genre? How are the Bakhtinian categories thematic unity, style and compositional construction expressed in the student's productions? It was defined as general aim of this study the analysis of the learning of the SC genre expressed in the written productions of a public, elementary school student. The specific objectives were: 1) to analyze the genre s linguistic and discursive features, through didactic activities; 2) to recognize the main characteristics which make up the SC genre in this production; 3) to examine the comprehension of the readings done; and, 4) to analyze the productions based on the three elements which constitute the discursive genre, as described by Bakhtin: thematic content, style and compositional construction. It was based on the historical and cultural referential represented mainly by Bakhtin (1995, 2003) and Vygotsky (1987, 1988, 2000). The research took place in a public school in Goiânia, Goiás, in the 4th and 5th years of elementary education in Portuguese language classes. A student s written production in relation to the SC genre was selected for analysis. The qualitative research, of a longitudinal nature, was undertaken and organizing the collection of copies of written discourse produced by students during school activities, in both two phases. It was found that the significant, systematic and contextualized work with the SC genre in the classroom is an effective tool which promotes a better historical understanding of knowledge and impacts positively on the educational process in relation to reading and writing.