Laboratórios de ciências nas escolas públicas de Araras - SP: dificuldades e desafios

Abstract

In the classes of disciplines related to Science, practical activities are essential to facilitate teaching learning, with the student being the protagonist in the experience of the contents acquired in the theoretical classes taught within the classroom. Within this perspective, the objective of this research was to evaluate the difficulties and challenges of science teaching laboratories in public schools, in the city of Araras, state of São Paulo. Schools were assessed by applying an open questionnaire. Among the28 schools evaluated, only 8 (28% of the total) have a Science laboratory, and it was found that, in the majority, the laboratories have adequate materials and equipment and the frequency of use is weekly. Nevertheless, 20 public schools (72%) do not have a laboratory, due to the lack of resources and physical space in the building; in some of these schools, teachers apply practical activities in the courtyard or in the classroom itself, and in others, there is no offer of such activities to students due to the lack of appropriate space. With this study, it is expected to bring to the didactic laboratories a new, more attentive look, so that they notice its importance in teaching learning and how its absence can negatively affect the student's pedagogical development.