Concepções alternativas em Bioquímica reveladas em cursos a distância de formação continuada de professores / Alternative conceptions in Biochemistry revealed in teachers continuing formation distance courses

AUTOR(ES)

Silvia Lopes de Menezes

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

Given the importance of Science to human development, the adoption of scientific literacy as a global educational goal, and the major role of formal education, many efforts have been made to promote continuing education of science teachers. While the discussion on which didactic skills are essential to teacher education still endures, mastering the subject matter remains a consensus. This work focuses on designing, implementing, and improving the distant education course Biochemistry of Drugs, offered to science teachers of public schools in São Paulo, Brazil. The analysis of the course records revealed that: (1) the collaborative learning model in virtual environments is adequate to teacherscontinuing education, although with some restrictions concerning digital literacy issues; (2) joining graduate students to the teaching staff contributed positively to the project itself as well as to the didactic training of the latter in distance education; (3) school teachers displayed several alternative conceptions in biochemistry, remarkably on the topics of protein structure and the correlation of the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins; (4) the instruction efficiently facilitated learning of biochemical concepts, including those related to the misconceptions detected.

ASSUNTO(S)

estrutura de proteínas teachers continuing formation metabolismo alternative conceptions educação a distância drogas de abuso formação continuada de professores concepções alternativas metabolism protein structure biochemical education distance education ensino de bioquímica

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