INICIAÇÃO À PESQUISA NA EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA: PROPOSTAS PARA APRENDER A APRENDER

Abstract

This article focuses on 'learning to learn' in basic education, through the development of research projects. This study was carried out with students from the 8th year of elementary school at a state school in the city of Macapá/AP. It is a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research. It was used as theoretical foundation the ideas of authors who are experts in the subject under study and who bring this as a driver of a theme that generates discussions, mediated by research in the classroom. Initially, a questionnaire was used to obtain information regarding students' perceptions related to Science and Scientific Knowledge. The students, in groups, developed research projects, which were idealized and carried out by the students, mediated by the teacher, the experimental activities were predominant in the projects. The questionnaires and logbooks produced by the students and the teacher were analyzed descriptively. Based on the analysis of the data obtained, it was observed that working with research projects enhances the 'learning to learn' by students. It was possible to see important implications related to the development of students' scientific literacy through research projects.