Investigative cognitive skills in science subject: A study on health education with elementary school students ; HABILIDADES COGNITIVAS INVESTIGADORAS EN LA ASIGNATURA DE CIENCIAS: UN ESTUDIO SOBRE EDUCACIÓN EN SALUD CON ESTUDIANTES DE ESCUELA PRIMARIA ; COMPETENZE COGNITIVE INVESTIGATIVE NELLA SCIENZA OGGETTO: UNO STUDIO SULL'EDUCAZIONE ALLA SALUTE CON GLI STUDENTI DELLE SCUOLE ELEMENTARI ; Habilidades cognitivas investigativas na disciplina de ciências: Um estudo sobre a educação em saúde com alunos do ensino fundamental

Health Education prioritizes the development of autonomous subjects who are aware of their collective and individual responsibilities in everyday decision-making, which will lead to healthy choices and, consequently, a better quality of life. In this aspect, inquiry-based teaching is a relevant approach in health education, because it promotes the development of life skills. The objective of this study lies in the analysis of the manifestation of investigative cognitive skills, namely in the emission of hypotheses and elaboration of conclusions, in students of the seventh year of a public school in Brazil, when participating in an investigative didactic sequence for health education. In this study, five elementary school students participated in three meetings. In our analysis, we found that students throughout the meetings developed skills to issue hypotheses and draw conclusions. Despite the limitations of the study, the results found show the potential that investigative didactic sequences in health education can have in the development of students' cognitive skills and in their training to solve problems related to the promotion of their individual health and/or health. of your community. Keywords: Inquiry. Elementary School. Health Education. Investigative didactic sequences. ; La educación en salud prioriza el desarrollo de sujetos autónomos, conscientes de sus responsabilidades, colectivas e individuales, en la toma de decisiones cotidianas que redunden en elecciones saludables y, en consecuencia, en una mejor calidad de vida. Sin embargo, la enseñanza basada en la indagación es un enfoque relevante en la educación para la salud, ya que promueve el desarrollo de habilidades para la vida. El objetivo de este estudio radica en el análisis de la manifestación de las habilidades cognitivas investigativas, es decir, en la emisión de hipótesis y elaboración de conclusiones en estudiantes de séptimo grado de una escuela pública en Brasil cuando participan en una secuencia didáctica investigativa para la ...