Práticas dialógicas no processo de ensino e aprendizagem: limites e possibilidades apresentadas por educadores (as) de Química na Educação de Pessoas Jovens e Adultas

Abstract

The research presented here aimed to investigate what the limits and possibilities are for the implementation of dialogic practices in the teaching and learning of Chemistry for the Education of Young People and Adults (EYPA). The dialogic teaching practices developed here refer to the dialogic investigative experimentation of the inclusion type and to the interactive groups, which have as the theoretical basis the conception of dialogic learning. Both the investigative experimentation of the inclusion type and the interactive groups follow the theoretical assumptions of a type of inclusive organization (inclusion) which contributes to the improvement of the school social life and to accelerate learning through heterogeneous organization and the participation of volunteers. Based on the Communicative Methodology, the research herein had communicative observations, communicative accounts of life and discussion groups as its main data collection instruments and involved an intersubjective analysis of the collected information in partnership with two chemistry teachers who teach in the second year of EYPA high school and their respective students. The information was collected throughout the first and second semester of 2014, between February and November, and was analyzed based on two dimensions: the transforming one and the excluding one, which are characteristic of the adopted methodology. The first one refers to the elements found in the investigated reality that bring people closer to accomplishing their goals, whereas the second one refers to the obstacles that arise preventing them from achieving those goals. As far as this research is concerned, the transforming elements are those that favor the development of dialogic practices in the classroom, whereas the obstructing elements are those that prevent the development of dialogic practices in such a place. The achieved results reveal some obstacles to the development and implementation of dialogic practices in the classroom, such as teacher education, the practices and teaching methods that have been developed in the school environment, in addition to the aspects related to the educational system. Transforming elements were also observed, with highlights to the improvement in both the academic learning and social life.