Tecendo redes com alunos do 7º ano fundamental II : trabalhando a questão do "lixo" em uma abordagem CTS não moderna

Abstract

The paper is result of a research performed by analysis of data collected during the application of a didactic sequence (DS) bases on the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and approach of science teaching “Science, Technology and Society” (STS). The main objective of the study was to analyze the Actor-Network maps elaborated by Junior High School students to understand if and how the ANT was assimilated with the application of the didactic sequence “Garbage: a STS question”. As a result, was verified that Actor-Network Theory worked as a successful pedagogical tool, whereas it allowed students to perceive “garbage” as a STS issue from a non-modern perspective, from the construction of actor-network maps. The diversity of connections identified in the maps, as well as different expression observed in each of them, are evidence of the way which students have established relationships between garbage and STS: pondering agency / performance of differents, actants involved in their analysis.