Abstract

MARQUES, Ana Rita  and  REIS, Pedro. Collective activism reasoned by research through production and dissemination of vodcasts about environmental pollution in the 8th grade. Invest. Práticas [online]. 2017, vol.7, n.2, pp.5-21. ISSN 2182-1372.

The likelihood of students pursuing an active citizenship in the future is increased if we encourage them to act now, in the present, providing them with opportunities to do so and seeing them as citizens capable of contributing to the solution of the current problems. The present research, involving a group of students from the 8th grade and the subjects of Natural Sciences and Technologies of Information and Communication, had the purpose of studying the impact of the construction and dissemination of vodcasts, subordinated to the theme of environmental pollution in the students' perceptions regarding their action capacity and their development of activism skills. The construction of vodcasts by students, being usually associated with leisure and entertainment, can also be used as an activity for science teaching and learning. In this study, its construction and subsequent dissemination was also used as a strategy of activism aimed at education and raising public awareness. The study followed a qualitative approach. The results show a positive evolution in students' perceptions regarding their capacity for action, and the development of basic skills for a collective action based on research.

Keywords : science education; activism; vodcasts.

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