Espaços não formais de ensino: contribuições de uma ação formativa para a prática de professores de ciências

Spaces Non-Formal Education (SNFE), when properly exploited, tend to allow the development of values, skills and abilities in teaching and learning science process, and promote the approach of the public with scientific knowledge, able to assist them to understand various aspects of the world around them. Considering this perspective, become important to train teachers qualified to conduct activities in SNFE in order to promote meaningful learning in their students. This research aims to promote the continued training of science teachers, municipal school Natal/RN on the use of SNFE as a complement to school, increasing their views on these spaces, aimed at learning curriculum content, the light of the significant learning, with an emphasis on innovative teaching approaches and scientific dissemination. The methodological approach involves the design, implementation and analysis of a training activity consists of four steps: (i) construction of the Didactic Potential Analysis Script SNFE (DPASSNFE); (ii) identification of the perceptions of teachers on SNFE and innovative teaching approaches in teaching practice; (iii) presentation of content in dialogic explanations and experiences in ENFE; (iv) analysis of the training workshop process from learning expression and impact of teachers' pedagogical practice. The descriptive qualitative analysis research includes how data collection the questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, written records and participant observation. The content analysis was used to describe, interpret and understand the meanings of the data. The results show that the use of SNFE teachers, despite being present in their teaching practice, is performed based on misconceptions related to the difficulty of planning activities in these areas, and difficulties in the use of innovative strategies and educational approaches. Regarding the analysis of the educational process in teaching practice, it was found that, from the training and experiences, there was a range in the change in teaching ...