Saberes populares e educação científica: um olhar a partir da literatura na área de ensino de ciências

Abstract

We present a Science Education literature review about folk wisdom, trying to understand how this subject is approached by research in science education. We did a revision in six Brazilian periodicals that published articles about science education/science learning, between 2000 and 2012 and, subsequently, sought other publications from the same authors. After reading the papers, we classified them in four categories: Theoretical reflections; New educational alternatives; Knowledge exchange with the community; Investigation of transformation over time. Research on folk wisdom's inclusion in science education is still incipient and focuses on the development of new teaching alternatives. This shows a movement in the sense to approximate, through the research, conventional knowledge to school knowledge.